<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br>The emission of greenhouse gases into Earth\u2019s atmosphere is a by-product of modern marvels such as the production of vast amounts of energy, heating and cooling inhospitable environments to be amenable to human existence, and traveling great distances faster than our saddle-sore ancestors ever dreamed possible. <div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">However, these luxuries come at a price: </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">climate changes in the form of severe droughts, extreme precipitation and temperatures, increased frequency of flooding in coastal cities, global warming, and sea-level rise (1, 2). </span><br><br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">This is the price we pay for the luxury of about 200 y of relatively unchecked greenhouse gas emissions.</span><br><br>Lasting coastal hazards from past greenhouse gas emissions<br>Tony E. Wong. PNAS first published November 7, 2019.<br>https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917051116</div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>The emission of greenhouse gases into Earth\u2019s atmosphere is a by-product of modern marvels such as the production of vast amounts of energy, heating and cooling inhospitable environments to be amenable to human existence, and traveling great distances faster than our saddle-sore ancestors ever dreamed possible. <div><br></div><div>However, these luxuries come at a price: climate changes in the form of severe droughts, extreme precipitation and temperatures, increased frequency of flooding in coastal cities, global warming, and sea-level rise (1, 2). <br><br>This is the price we pay for the luxury of about 200 y of relatively unchecked greenhouse gas emissions.<br><br>Lasting coastal hazards from past greenhouse gas emissions<br>Tony E. Wong. PNAS first published November 7, 2019.<br>https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917051116<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>"This buck stops everywhere."<br><br><<https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/25/caught-in-a-trap-of-our-own-making-climate-change-blame-and-denial/>><br><br></div>
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