Could it be that no one is willing to do anything about the necesary infrastructure that will need upgrading as the oceans rise? At this point I do not care if there is a cause or just the way mother nature wants to go but trying to deny the oceans are rising, glaciers are melting, our pollution of all aspects of the planet is just plain dumb.

@silverotter11 On my island we have a number of our roads scheduled for heightening that are already underwater at high tide now. Here, it will be slowly losing land until it is no longer $$$$$ sustainable. I have lived here for 20 years & have seen the change.

In this case, we activists are correct, and those who are standing in the way of action need to be avoided, circumvented, overpowered, or taken out of the equation somehow. This is a life-and-death struggle for our species and many others.

@silverotter11 exactly.... stop the distractions... concentrate on the realities. and how we will deal with them.

could it be the ones disagreeing are name calling and acting immature?

@LenHazell53 At 3mm/year sea level rise I imagine you and I will be long departed before anything like that is necessary.

@WilliamFleming It's not for us and that's it in a nutshell its for our children and the way we are reacting probably means their children. Life is short but it can not abide the destruction for profit the future of our descendants.

@rathswohl sea level has been rising at that same slow rate for a very long time, since the end of the last ice age and there’s nothing that can be done about it. If that rate continues, future generations will adapt with no problem. If you believe that there will be a drastic acceleration in sea level rise then action would be justified, however, IMO that scenario is not certain and there are some very well-qualified climate scientists who agree. A cure stemming from fear and panic might turn out to be worse than the disease.

@BitFlipper Wow! That sounds ominous. Are you going to start murdering us or is this just an attempt to intimidate us into silence?

“London, 6 September: The General-Secretary of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the alarmist narrative on climate change has gone off the rails and criticised the news media for provoking unjustified anxiety.”

Petteri Taalas does not appear to be intimidated at this point.

@ChurchLess I'd seen a report on what is happening in many areas similar to your island all up and down the coast. Seems williamfleming thinks we're all alarmists - loud and intimidating! - I simiply know we need to act on infrastructure, relocation and much better planning for the future. So sorry to hear your island is being impacted.

@WilliamFleming the future of the planet is at stake. I'll fight for it the way I would fight for my children.

@silverotter11 Every local Republican politician believes in climate change. It is the next generation that will learn it is too late.