tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post6256800956406542949..comments2023-11-02T09:08:18.487-04:00Comments on DARE TO THINK : Glaciers Doing What All Life Does - ChangeCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-2569140217531260712010-08-01T14:27:35.394-04:002010-08-01T14:27:35.394-04:00ADB: Agreed - since the galaxy is only about 4.6 ...ADB: Agreed - since the galaxy is only about 4.6 billion years young it's still constantly shifting, splitting apart, erupting, subduction and tectonics changing the face of the globe, yes you're right. Heating, cooling, freezing, then ice sheets retreating to expose new mountains, canyons. Then warming again. We're in a fast-changing climate of no sunlight because 150 years ago humans gave it a kick-start with the industrial revolution.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-75075177877733206972010-08-01T14:17:22.579-04:002010-08-01T14:17:22.579-04:00DB: Good point! To adapt, isn't that how lif...DB: Good point! To adapt, isn't that how life evolved, the life that is still with us having made changes to survive its environs. Like land iguanas who crawled into the ocean and evolved flattened snouts so they could graze the seabed. Still, I've noticed that life evolves not in a slow crawl of time but in great spurts of change - like the cretaceous when life suddenly bloomed into all kinds of oddities - gone extinct now. No adaptability to predation or inability to get nourishment from the available food source. That environment changed in only millions of yrs (quick order!), and so will ours if earth history is any measure. So I'm leery of nature taking its time to reform and adapt to what is basically toxic anyway. It may be that the process is flawed, and earth has to go through its 6th extinction, starting over from what makes it through. If humans do, it'll be because of our huge brains, the very thing that got us into this mess anyway. Irony of ironies!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-62614125997933877012010-08-01T14:04:18.111-04:002010-08-01T14:04:18.111-04:00MARK: A few degrees change either way would decim...MARK: A few degrees change either way would decimate this planet. It evolved with the life that got a foothold here and nowhere else, mostly because of our climate, over the eons. This atmosphere is intrinsic to earth alone. Life itself may be a complete accident, even a mutation. Anyway you mention the "titans of industry" who do nothing. Of course not. These are empowered, elitist overly rich whose interest is served by keeping certain myths alive and well - i.e., the earth will always heal itself and life goes on. Or that if you don't "go green" you're selfish and a problem. The money is pouring in from people who fear that guilt and are shelling out in the millions for these "green" products. Don't expect the changes we need to come from the industrial or political arena. It's OUR job. Thanks!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-13249718015500012422010-07-21T06:36:09.109-04:002010-07-21T06:36:09.109-04:00Climate has changed since the world began, 4 billi...Climate has changed since the world began, 4 billion years ago. Some of the present day's changes may be attributable to human activity for sure; some of it is part of the on-going cycle of change.ADBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-31505869613699655872010-07-18T15:21:18.480-04:002010-07-18T15:21:18.480-04:00The hope held out is adaptability, that endemic tr...The hope held out is adaptability, that endemic trait of all creatures, not just humans. Since few changes in nature are rapid cannot nature also provide means to adjust to the ends?<br />DBDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-19838608498583658452010-07-15T04:34:33.618-04:002010-07-15T04:34:33.618-04:00This is scary! Seriously we all should help Mother...This is scary! Seriously we all should help Mother Earth if we want this planet to sustain!Akumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016334294585009034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-47092781919339180872010-07-15T00:30:06.921-04:002010-07-15T00:30:06.921-04:00Were we talking about a few numbers changing becau...Were we talking about a few numbers changing because of a decimal point placement, you would have the attention of those who are adding to the unnatural warmth.<br /><br />I find it odd how folks don't belief in climate change believe in things like the change that comes from multiculturalism and how they can see a future being altered, but when you apply that logic to climate change, the get dumb.<br /><br />Species that exist before us will be the first to suffer from the environmental change. That is something that a kindergartener could understand. Why don't titans of industry or politicians get it?<br /><br />It may be due to the mortality of man. We live long enough to not notice the frightfully small changes but long enough to grow up condition to the change.<br /><br />We really wouldn't know that the earth's temp changed a few degrees because we don't live long enough for it to be of any notice.<br /><br />All in all, it is quite maddening. Even though we can see the changes in the polar regions, even in the span of one lifetime, we still ignore the evidence.<br /><br />It is pitiful.Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.com