Marnie, If it hadn't been for the glaciers retreating, my 1/4 acre here in Chicago would be under 1,000 feet of ice. Somitmes change is good to us, sometimes not so much. Just ask the dinosaurs... Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <eactiv...@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 8/16/2009 1:13:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > p...@web-options.com writes: > > What have the glaciers ever done for us? > > With all these glaciers melting I'm hoping one day someone will find a > frozen Neanderthal - that would almost make it worthwhile. > > Bob > > ============== > Oceans warm up as glaciers disappear. As oceans warm up, the air warms, > and there is more climate change. As there is more climate change some places > get hotter, dryer, and some get wetter, colder. Too many degrees of change > in one direction or another leads to deforestation and desertification. > Too much change leads to areas that were once arable becoming less arable or > unarable. The end result is they are fewer areas that can grow food. Less > food for the world's population. > > But I presume you actually know all that. Or my drastic simplification of > it. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > --------------------------------------------- > We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we > created them. Albert Einstein > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
