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Bob Donaldson's avatar

“Tell them—if any still remain to listen—that once there was a place, small and blue, where life awoke and reached for meaning. A place of art and ache, of fury and of wonder. A place called Earth.

And if but one voice remembers, then let it be known: for one brief, shining moment, the cosmos knew itself.”

Those Humans - a conversation between the Earth and The Cosmos.

https://open.substack.com/pub/oldguymusing/p/those-humans?r=3q1xrd&utm_medium=ios

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Will Pattiz's avatar

Love that quote - thanks Bob!

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Bob Donaldson's avatar

Thanks.

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Get Onboard Audrey's Joy Train's avatar

My husband Frank said environmentalists made a mistake talking about we’re trying to “save the Earth,” because Earth can easily shake us off and raise up the next dominant species. What we’re trying to do is save a quality of environment that supports human life. I have to try not to be grateful for your news in the face of our current cataclysmic betrayal

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Will Pattiz's avatar

Frank sounds like a wise man - that’s a great perspective Audrey!

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Jean Nelson's avatar

Gratitude for you and all scientists. I have learned so much.

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Will Pattiz's avatar

Thank you Jean!!

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Greta Burroughs's avatar

It's alarming to learn that melting glaciers contribute to increased volcanic activity. What else will the warming trend trigger - more frequent earthquakes? More intense weather-related disasters? Higher ocean temps? I'm afraid we may find out sooner than we hoped.

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Will Pattiz's avatar

I think you’re right Greta!

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Michael's avatar

Sooner than we feared as well.

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Shirlee's avatar

Already ocean temperatures are rising. This affects acidity levels. These changes are affecting sea life. Who knows- maybe we’ll all experience the Acidity Rains that Western Europe had a few decades ago. If Republicans and other fossil fuel promoters were actually conservative, in the sense of conserving the pre- or early industrial era quality of life on Earth, they would be doing the opposite of what they are doing now.

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Anthony P's avatar

Thank you for your insightful reporting on the science of climate change and its lethal consequences. It boggles the mind that the government of the United States of America considers climate change to be a hoax given the irrefutable scientific evidence of its existence and life threatening consequences. It would appear that what “MAGA” really stands for is: “Morons Are Governing Again.”

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Barbara Shields's avatar

Yikes. Just yikes.

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Will Pattiz's avatar

Yikes indeed!

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Mark Whitson's avatar

And under the sea, “Undersea tectonic slippage: A detailed look

Undersea tectonic slippage, commonly referred to as underwater slow-slip events (SSEs) or episodic tremor and slip (ETS), represent a recently recognized and increasingly important phenomenon in the study of plate tectonics and seismic hazards. Unlike the sudden, abrupt movements associated with typical earthquakes, SSEs involve a gradual sliding of tectonic plates past each other, occurring over weeks or even months, according to EarthScope Consortium. While not as dramatic as conventional earthquakes, these "silent earthquakes" play a significant role in releasing stress along fault lines and have implications for understanding tsunami generation.”

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Jody Brink's avatar

I don't know if melting glaciers play a part, but there has recently been an unusual amount of seismic activity underneath Mt. Rainier, too. I'm making sure I have emergency supplies (I live on Whidbey Island).

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Michelle Traver's avatar

The Cascade Range is separate from the Central American Range, but the timing of the recent earthquakes at Mt Rainier and in Guatemala made me wonder if it was coincidence or if there was a possible link.

Thanks for the detailed article!

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John Taylor's avatar

Yup!

And we don’t want to go there! One good way to rapidly cool down the earth, but in turn, destroy crops, and contaminate water supplies, as well as foul air quality.

Geologic history is replete with such events. Only humans were not around by and large to experience mass volcanic events.

Read The Year Without Summer, about the Mount Tamboura eruption.

But if this happened globally, it would be a disaster for all life.

A sort of a back to the future scenario.

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Michael's avatar

Eye opening article for me. I thought the ice on volcanos didn't factor, but apparently it does. Makes me look at our five regional volcanos, Rainier, Adams, Hood, Jefferson, and Shasta in a different light.

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Lisa Simeone's avatar

Fascinating and frightening.

Thanks for posting this.

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Das P's avatar

Interesting...Are these volcanoes on net negative feedback with respect to CO2 driven global temperature rise?

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window's avatar

This is what happens when they open up drilling. What we do to earth we do to ourselves

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Shirlee's avatar

Amazingly, Trumpers have yet to erase climate change from this NPS website https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/glaciers.htm#:~:text=The%20Olympic%20Mountains%20are%20tall,that%20mean%20for%20Olympic's%20glaciers?Glaciers and Climate Change - Olympic National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

I don’t know why some parts appear yellowish-grey. But it’s legible and you can still make out the difference between photos. Photography shows a stunning loss of glaciers in the Olympics 🏔️⛰️

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Phofford's avatar

What about the North Rim Lodge at the Grand Canyon😭😭😭

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