On Santa Cruz Island, rising seas present archaeological emergency (LA Times)

[petronius]

Archaeologist Torben Rick watched with frustration as pounding surf clawed at one of North America's oldest homesteads, a massive heap of village foundations, cutting tools, beads and kitchen discards left behind over the last 13,000 years.

Here, seafaring tribal members cast fishing nets from canoes made of redwood planks, prepared dinners on stone griddles, and painstakingly chipped out tiny shell beads prized as currency.

But unless something is done, this rich trove of Native American history and several others on the island will almost certainly be destroyed by rising seas and strong storm surges along beaches that will soon no longer exist.

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http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-island-survey-20140817-story.html

[Cleita]

1. Thanks. This is another arrow in my quiver of facts that I'm trying to convince

my Central Coast California neighbors about climate change. They do not want to believe the present drought is the result of it. "We've had droughts before." They do not want to believe the lack of snow in the Sierras could be permanent. This is closer to home and maybe they might open their eyes.

[airplaneman]

2. Good luck explaining

-worldwide planetary starvation is less than 10 years away.
-worldwide planetary society collapse may happen within 20 years or less.
-worldwide planetary extinction could occur within 25 years.
Have a nice day.
-Airplane

[Cleita]

3. Unfortunately, many people don't care about world wide because in their

little cocoons of affluence they don't see those things as threats, so I have to pound them with facts that are closer to home to them and a threat they can get.

[petronius]

4. Well, don't try to convince anyone this week: all you'll hear is that the grape harvest

started early and it's looking really good, so Rah! Rah! Rah! (Never mind those household watering restrictions...)

[Cleita]

5. Well. When we run out of water,

we'll have plenty of wine to drink.

[petronius]

6. Exactly right - climate change is awesome!!1!