Jim Garrison: From Climate Change to Climate Shock: The Result of a Perfect Eco-Political Storm: "From Climate Change to Climate Shock: The Result of a Perfect Eco-Political Storm"
The perfect storm was completed with what the earth herself was doing as the world dithered its way through Copenhagen and the U.S. failed to pass a climate bill. Epic storms, two in a row, pummeled Washington. A volcano in Iceland erupted with a plume that shut down northern European airports for a week and in England much longer; unprecedented flooding inundated Louisville; a huge block of ice broke off of Antarctica the size of Rhode Island; another huge block of Greenland ice broke off nine times the size of Manhattan; scorching heat plagued Russia, bringing life virtually to a stand still and devastating crops; torrential rains and river flooding ravaged Pakistan until fully 20% of the entire nation was underwater; mudslides devastated China with towns up to the third and fourth stories inundated with mud; and scientists reported a 40% decline in phytoplankton, the basis of the oceanic food chain. And these are only the events that hit the mainstream media.
Friday, September 3, 2010
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