April 25, 2013

Thomas Jefferson, Drowned by Global Warming

The picture above is an illustration of what the Jefferson Memorial would look like 25 feet underwater.

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The picture above is an illustration of what the Jefferson Memorial would look like 25 feet underwater.

Nickolay Lamm of StorageFront.com applied data on sea level rise to contemporary images, and the results are truly worth a thousand words. The data was produced Remik Ziemlinski of Climate Central.

Here is another comparison. South Beach today:

South Beach + 25 feet of sea level rise:

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Test Internal Ceros

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How “somatic markers” can transform your decision-making

Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.

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How logic and reasoning can fail as scientific tools

In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.

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Life

Moving trees north to save the forests

As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.

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