Seas are rising faster

[remo]

Scary stuff

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/22/seas-are-now-rising-faster-than-they-have-in-2800-years-scientists-say/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines

[kia027]

Scary stuff



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...c=nl_headlines

Yes we humans are really screwing the planet over

[Peasie]

Very scary for Jamaica. Many articles out there. Here's an excerpt from The Gleaner, August 2015.

Though he is yet to fully understand the intricacies of the science associated with the concept of climate change, 83-year-old Walter Reynolds has seen enough evidence of sea-level rise to appreciate its potentially devastating and far-moving consequences at Rocky Point Beach in Morant Point, St Thomas.

"I know of two graves in that water right now. All of this area was a thriving business section - lots of trees and small buildings - but that is no more. Pure water," he told The Gleaner during a recent visit.

"I notice some changes since (Hurricane) Gilbert, but tings get worse since Hurricane Ivan. Him (hurricane) come wid him axe and machete and move wid everyting, no land space," he said with a chuckle.

This observation by the former fisherman is consistent with research done by a team at the University of the West Indies, Mona, which identified the seaside towns of Annotto Bay, St Mary, and Morant Point, St Thomas - both in eastern Jamaica - as two of the island's communities most at risk from sea-level rise devastation.