The ocean is not just filling up, it’s swelling up. Half of sea-level rise comes just from the warming of the water.
No matter what humans do next, we are now doomed to deal with ever higher flooding of the world's coasts every year for decades, possibly centuries. Nearly half of humanity lives near coasts. Many of our greatest cities, and their infrastructure, will have to deal with the constantly rising waters. Some coasts in the world are already experiencing what is coming for every coast soon. Jeff Goodell's reports from those places are doubly grim. The harm is already huge, but the response of local people is even more disturbing. With few exceptions, they and their governments refuse to accept that the problem is permanent and will keep getting worse. Those most affected by global warming—rich and poor—remain perversely in denial about it. There’s lots of talk, but humanity is doing almost nothing to adapt to sea level rise. So far. Jeff Goodell is author of The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World (2017). [This talk is sold out, but WALKUPS ALWAYS GET IN.] "The Water Will Come," Jeff Goodell, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Tuesday April 2. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: Jeff Goodell, "The Water Will Come" Long Now talk on 4/2 https://goo.gl/JxtcEB <https://goo.gl/JxtcEB> Talks coming up: May 4 - Ian McEwan, Machines Like Me <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/may/04/machines-like-me/> June 24 - Mariana Mazzucato, Rethinking Value <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jun/24/rethinking-value/> July 22 - Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jul/22/timefulness/> High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio is available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org ----- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page _______________________________________________ SALT mailing list unsubscribe / change email: http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt>
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