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Re:James Cameron on “Avatar 2″ and the Impending Environment... by brc on Friday October 29, 2010 @08:14AM (#1846995)
Sorry but the Maldives is not sinking. They mustn't be too concerned, having just built a new runway. There are several trees that exist just inches above the high tide mark which are at least 50-100 years old.

There has been erosion in the Maldives due to changes in use, but erosion != sea level rise.

I also challenge anyone to nominate 1 single species made extinct in the past 50 years as a result of climate change. Note that you must be able to attribute the sole or overwhelming cause of extinction to a change in the average temperature, and not through habitat loss, local pollution, overhunting or any other myriad of ways that humans wipe out species.

edit:typo seal->sea

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Re:James Cameron on “Avatar 2″ and the Impending Environment... by meric on Friday October 29, 2010 @10:54PM (#1849949) 

  habitat loss, local pollution, overhunting or any other 
  myriad of ways that humans wipe out species.
Why not? I was challenging your statement:

  Why is it bad to be disconnected from nature? What's wrong 
  with going in the opposite direction towards increased 
  artificiality, given that our very artificial 
  infrastructure keeps us alive?
Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_threats_to_the_Gr... is an example of destruction of environment around us as we keep doing what we're doing.

I don't feel the need to count the species that became extinct due to habitat loss, local pollution, overhunting or any other myriad of ways that humans wipe out species.

Keep doing what we're doing and we will screw ourselves, global warming or not.

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Re:James Cameron on “Avatar 2″ and the Impending Environment... by gaius on Friday October 29, 2010 @08:19AM (#1847011)
I for one would be happy to see more seals in the Maldives ;-)
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Re:James Cameron on “Avatar 2″ and the Impending Environment... by brc on Friday October 29, 2010 @08:25AM (#1847025)
yes, those pesky seal level rises. Fixed now:)
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