Mass relocation planned for Indonesian islands due to sea level rise

Thanks for this, JaneforGore - I had never heard of Melissa Etheridge before, she's great!

No, we needed action THIRTY years ago, but both Republicans and Democrats in Congress didn't believe a certain young representative who told them what was to come and even provided the testimony of a prominent scientist and professor to corroborate it. And of course, down through the years not only did those Republicans do everything to block everything this young representative did to address this and stop him from talking about this, Democrats joined in as well, even eventually then stating that he was a 'sore loser' only eight years ago and proceeding to then ignore his pleas even when he came up to Capitol Hill thirty years later to once again tell them of the urgency of what we now face.

It has also been partisan rancor and hatred stoked by the American people who get more pleasure out of mindless illogical bickering and drival over discussing REAL ISSUES and holding politicians accountable that has stopped progress on a climate catastrophe that now threatens us all. Unfortunately as well, people are too busy bitching over insignificant political BS like McCain, or Palin, or Obama, or whoever going on SNL (big deal) or Obama being born in Hawaii ( which still doesn't change that his environmental plans are not enough), or a McCain supporter denying Halloween candy to an "Obama supporter" ( now that is absolutely the epitome of partisan political BS and propaganda and too ridiculous to even waste time on) to understand what this planet now is up against.

This is really what pisses me off. So much time wasted and we still waste time. We are the Neros fiddlling while Rome burns, but if we get our act together (and that doesn't mean just voting in this election thinking that is all you need to do ) there is still time to at least slow down the effects we are creating with what we are producing today to keep us from that sixth degree of warming. Of course, even should we stop all emissions today we will still come close to three degrees... however, I would take three degrees over six because six is doomsday (how's that for a Halloween scare)... so to say there is nothing we can do is simply defeatist. There is something we can do, and we have to start yesterday in doing it and holding politicians accountable regardless of party ( sorry, no free rides either for those who just love Obama) for it.

I'm NOT leaving this planet without fighting for her for my child and all those children to come. I'm NOT going to forget or forgive those Congressional members of BOTH parties thirty years ago and those now who think they can still take their sweet ass time with their 80% by 2050 guidelines and their ads for "clean coal". It is time for them to WAKE UP, and that is what we can do.

It's already too late guys.

Start investing in local renewable energy and infrastructure and thinking about how we're gonna deal with this.

It was too late three years ago, we needed action TEN years ago.

Fuck man, Katrina should have been your wake up call. Half the fucking Polar Ice caps melting should have been it.

Just one more way the Republican party has boned the entire planet.

Wow. Scary. Can you believe that there some nations that continue to stand in the way of helping international efforts to stem global warming?

America, I'm looking at you.

Canada, you ain't no saint either.

'Global Warming' and 'Global Climate Change' are just buzzwords that people spun into existence; the fact is that Earth operates in cycles of cold, warmer, wet & dry. These places will disappear, coasts as they exist now will be swallowed, but very many thousands of years from now when we are different ourselves, the earth will look much different too, just as it has done many times before, these places were settled only recently along the track of our history as a species, and will be lost just as many lands have been lost and rediscovered, buried by water, earth& time. It is sad that a cultural home will be enveloped by the sea, a fate many places will suffer, but there is NOTHING we as humans can do, even if we have contributed some small degree to what is happening globally, and we can calculate what we have done, our damage is insignificant to what the earth as a living being does to itself in its normal operations - we just happen to live on fringes that will &have been effected. Everything changes, nothing can stay the same forever, we cannot alter that reality. :o(

The next pres needs to put SERIOUS priority on the environment! I hope it doesn't get lost in the economy hustle and bustle!

I live by the beach =(

That is crazy to think about. I hope that this starts to show people that this is seriously happening...

that is forward thinking. Next on the band wagon should be California and New York along with the rest of the eastern sea board. This is going to be GLOBAL you guys; If you ever wanted to be a part of something bigger- this is it, welcome to the future.

I think I'll invest in a boat.

Yea, if this doesn't show people it's for real, I don't know what will. I think unless our (U.S.) own cities are being evacuated like this, people will keep this sort of thing at arms length.

Its a major warning to everyone else that Global Warming is REAL and it WILL affect you, no matter of where you live right now...so, people do you really want to die? Or will you stop global warming once and for all..