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Climate Change Happens Early at the AMNH

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Photo of the model of New York City by AMNH/D. Finnin.

Opening this Saturday and running through next August at the American Museum of Natural History, it's: Climate Change, The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future! Uplifting, no? The exhibit "will examine one of the most pressing scientific issues of our time—the massive, human-induced warming of Earth, a phenomenon that could lead to drought, rising sea levels, heavy storms, and other events with potentially dire impacts on the health of society and the natural world."

Spoiler Alert? New York City isn't invincible, and one activity will let visitors "investigate raising the sea levels on a dynamic scale model of Lower Manhattan to graphically illustrate the flooding that would be caused by the melting of ice sheets and warming of oceans." Curator and Princeton professor Michael Oppenheimer told the NY Post that "The scenario of a flooded Manhattan is unlikely to ever occur...because the city would have ample time to build higher seawalls and pumping systems." But let's not get to that point, 'kay?

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  • NannyState

    Since the island's going to get flooded out anyway, I might as well not write that check to the AMNH.

  • HUGO_MEGO

    This flooding will NEVER happen. This is nothing more than neo-lib scare tactics. They show it to you in movies, they talk about it all the time. Will it ever happen? NEVER! I guarantee it.

  • Spirit of 76

    New Orleans = Case & Point

    [Grammar Police mode] "Case in point." Read a book sometime. [/Grammar Police mode]

  • contro

    I hope manhattan gets flooded! FTW!

  • contro

    I hope manhattan gets flooded! FTW!

  • contro

    I hope manhattan gets flooded! FTW!

  • cncrocket

    sounds like its time to stop fussing about recycling and unplugging appliances and think of a REAL solution for our doomed cities.

  • Kojak

    "But let's not get to that point, 'kay?"

    Unfortunately we will get to that point because as we all know we have a reactionary mentality to crisis and not a preventative one.

    New Orleans = Case & Point

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