Glaciers melt 'at fastest rate in past 5,000 years'

[Sweetpea]

The world's glaciers are melting faster than at any time since records began, threatening catastrophe for hundreds of millions of people and their eco-systems.

The details are revealed in the latest report from the World Glacier Monitoring Service and will add to growing alarm about the rise in sea levels and increased instances of flooding, avalanches and drought.
Based on historical records and other evidence, the rate at which the glaciers are melting is also thought to be faster that at any time in the past 5,000 years, said Professor Wilfried Haeberli, director of the monitoring service. 'There's no absolute proof, but nevertheless the evidence is strong: this is really extraordinary.'

Glaciers melt 'at fastest rate in past 5,000 years' | Environment | The Observer


Scary stuff. People and their ecosystems being disturbed does not bother me, people are adaptable, the indigenous wildlife however, is not.

[poppy]

A line from a song springs to mind
" They would not listen, they did not know how.
Perhaps they'll listen now"
But I doubt it

[terrywit]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Professor Wilfried Haeberli, director of the monitoring service. 'There's no absolute proof,

still waiting for the new ice age promissed on tomorrws world in the 80's

[Sweetpea]

Gotta get through the warming bit first..

[terrywit]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Gotta get through the warming bit first..

they talked of gobal cooling 1st, gulf stream swtich maggie what her name on TW drove cheggers to the bottle?

[Sweetpea]

Philbin.

[terrywit]

thats the one.....

[easyg]

Am going to get slapped legs from Poppy and Sweets here, but what the hell, I like living dangerously.
All this crap about climate change, global warming, carbon footprint and whatever. Its CALLED EVOLUTION.
From the moment when the first life form was created, life has constantly changed. We are not going to stop it. It is impossible to do so.
It is sad that animal species cease to exist, and I know that is the human races fault sometimes. But who is to say that it should or should not happen.
If every species of any animal form was saved, we would be more overpopulated than we already are.
Sorry, but I am with Darwin on this. The strongest survive. We will as humans cease to exist; sometime in the future. In the end, the human species will destroy themselves. As far as I am concerned, that is a certainty.

[poppy]

Originally Posted by easyg

We will as humans cease to exist; sometime in the future. In the end, the human species will destroy themselves. As far as I am concerned, that is a certainty.

well I agree with that bit, and the sooner the better

[Neal]

Originally Posted by easyg

Am going to get slapped legs from Poppy and Sweets here, but what the hell, I like living dangerously.
All this crap about climate change, global warming, carbon footprint and whatever. Its CALLED EVOLUTION.
From the moment when the first life form was created, life has constantly changed. We are not going to stop it. It is impossible to do so.
It is sad that animal species cease to exist, and I know that is the human races fault sometimes. But who is to say that it should or should not happen.
If every species of any animal form was saved, we would be more overpopulated than we already are.
Sorry, but I am with Darwin on this. The strongest survive. We will as humans cease to exist; sometime in the future. In the end, the human species will destroy themselves. As far as I am concerned, that is a certainty.

I tend to agree. If it's caused by humans, then in my opinion isn't that part of the "natural" process? We evolved into the dirty inventing clever things that we are, it's not our fault.

I don't think think that we can do much now, and I agree that the global change is down to natural occurrences. It's time we moved to other planets to ruin and destroy them....

By the way, I do agree with recycling though and doing the best we can to help mother nature take her time in burning up earth to get rid of us.