I posted about this yesterday UN issues desertification warning
On the other end of the catastrophe spectrum are people that live on the Delta Islands, Rising sea levels could swallow California’s delta islands
Some islands sit 25 feet below sea level, kept dry only by an aging network of fragile levees that channel snowmelt from the Sierra and hold back tidal surges from the bay.
Geologists say the 5,000 residents of the nation’s lowest inhabited point near a coastline could be forced out, becoming the first climate change refugees in the United States.
“If global warming keeps up, in a few years this will be waterfront property,” said Saathoff, 56, a steamfitter who has raised his house onto an iron platform 20 feet above ground. “We’ll just be able to drive the boat up and dock right off the porch.”
The majority of the U.S. population lives along a coastline. In the next
50 years, rising tides are expected to swallow islands in Chesapeake Bay, drown parts of the Louisiana coast and threaten the New York subway system, recent data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows.
Hands-on with the iPhone or FAQ
and from here,
Do I need an AT&T account? Yes. The iPhone won’t work at all without a two-year AT&T voice-plus-Internet plan (and no, you can’t use it as just an iPod, no matter how tempting the bigger screen and longer battery life is).
The Bald Eagle Makes a Come Back
Thanks to the efforts of conservation biologists and environmental activists – and, indeed, to the Endangered Species Act itself – the bald eagle population has made a significant recovery.
As the story goes on to say the eagles still face threats such as those that despite having the large brain of a Hominid just can’t think of a way to make money without destroying eagle habitat or putting lead into our waterways. There used to be an old saying that Americans were the most innovative in the world. I wonder if people that can’t see past making a quick dollar have lost sight of those ideals not to mention putting a price on our priceless national heritage.
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