The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water

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While I am not a climate scientist, I am a physical scientist who reguarly reads the literature on the subject. Based upon the data that I have saw published in peer-reviewed journals, it is highly likely that the planet is undergoing a major climate change process. Parts of it are natural and parts of it has been caused by humans over the past century. In a way, the topic relates to an event that greatly affected my father when he was growing up: The dust bowl.

That event was caused by both man and nature. Man overplowed the prairie grasses and planted crops that did not hold the soil well. Then came a period of no rain for years. The area is well known as a grassland desert for a reason. Prairie grasses that were native do not need much rain to live. The crops that farmers planted were constantly thirsty and needed moisture to survive. Without the rain, the crops withered and died in the fields. Without living plants to hold the topsoil in, windstorms started blowing it away, leaving only hard subsoil.

The dust storms were so bad that people died from dust pneumonia when caught out in the storms too long, if they did not just suffocate first. It lasted the better part of a decade before a major dust storm made its way to the east coast. That got the attention of the government to step in and do something about the mess.

Farmers are much more aware of what they do can cause damage to their environment now. They leave parts of the land alone (paid for by the government) to keep this from happening again. The prairie is making a come back but is no where as strong as it was. That area is only a few missteps away from going back to the dusty days. Man partially fixed what they helped messed up.

Why am I going on about past history? We are at a tipping point in time that could potentially prevent a global climate disaster. Some parts will go up in temperature, while others might cool down. This causes some strange effects, not all of them are bad. Last year had a new record of fewest tornados since recording began, yet there were a larger than usual hurricane season. Your perspective on what is good or bad in this case depends on where you live.

The differences between the two extremes will likely get larger if nothing is done. If the polar ice caps melt (it is happening based upon many reported studies), costal areas where a majority of the population lives become closer to being flooded. Where will they go if that happens? The answer will eventually affect you one way or the other. Man may not have caused the entire change, but we do have the chance to prevent it from getting worse if we choose to do so.

The alarmists exist within social media, blogs and websites.

Stan Meyers had a hydrogen on the fly converter that powered cars. All you needed was a computer controlled engine for the burning of the hydrogen and splitter to split water into oxygen and hydrogen to be burned. Turns back into water.

I'm not actually a fish, buuuut:

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when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
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