Comments on: The Human Toll of Climate Change http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/ Progressive approaches to science policy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:54:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: etiendem r. etiendem http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-6027 etiendem r. etiendem Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:16:19 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/#comment-6027 I am surprise by our own actions on our own environments of which we were suppose to protect. how can we change these altitude in us. I am surprise by our own actions on our own environments of which we were suppose to protect. how can we change these altitude in us.

]]> By: Luigi Guarino http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-5378 Luigi Guarino Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:00:31 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/#comment-5378 Very interesting. We've been thinking of developing something similar to monitor genetic erosion in crops and their wild relatives (http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/the-human-toll-of-climate-change-mapped/) -- though not just in a climate change context, as there are other threats to crop diversity. Would there be any chance of adding a category to that effect to your map? Very interesting. We’ve been thinking of developing something similar to monitor genetic erosion in crops and their wild relatives (http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/the-human-toll-of-climate-change-mapped/) — though not just in a climate change context, as there are other threats to crop diversity. Would there be any chance of adding a category to that effect to your map?

]]> By: Michael F. Sarabia http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3779 Michael F. Sarabia Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:52:25 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/#comment-3779 The clearest evidence of the need to prepare was provided by New Orleans and Galveston. We were totally unprepared for Katrina and we saw a lot of politics, then came the storm that hit Texas, the home state of our President and we saw a lot less, or did we? In Katrina, we had the Coliseum with all its tragedy in Galveston, the "Ownership Society", described by Candidate Obama, came into its own and decreed: "You are on your own." They were ordered to leave Galveston, but were not give a shelter to go. In a real sense it was worse, but they avoided the Photo Ops! A victory of advertising and spin, over reality and the worst part, they offered no excuses, this time. In terms of civility, Galveston marks an step backward. ------- Some writers able to note social aspects determined that the storm in Galveston in 1903 and the San Francisco quake of 1906, brought out a huge response from a nation that had been divided since the Civil War. The misery, the response and the rescue efforts were so widely shared that they noted that many others shared their grief and their wish to help strangers, most from other nations but fellow Americans. The clearest evidence of the need to prepare was provided by New Orleans and Galveston. We were totally unprepared for Katrina and we saw a lot of politics, then came the storm that hit Texas, the home state of our President and we saw a lot less, or did we?
In Katrina, we had the Coliseum with all its tragedy in Galveston, the “Ownership Society”, described by Candidate Obama, came into its own and decreed: “You are on your own.” They were ordered to leave Galveston, but were not give a shelter to go. In a real sense it was worse, but they avoided the Photo Ops!
A victory of advertising and spin, over reality and the worst part, they offered no excuses, this time.
In terms of civility, Galveston marks an step backward.
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Some writers able to note social aspects determined that the storm in Galveston in 1903 and the San Francisco quake of 1906, brought out a huge response from a nation that had been divided since the Civil War. The misery, the response and the rescue efforts were so widely shared that they noted that many others shared their grief and their wish to help strangers, most from other nations but fellow Americans.

]]> By: Gavin Andresen http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3258 Gavin Andresen Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:56:24 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/10/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/#comment-3258 To be fair, shouldn't you include any positive effects of climate change on the map? For example, won't the drier summer conditions in the North and Midwest DECREASE the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks there? I'm not claiming that the positives will outweigh the negatives, I just think it's misleading not to even hint that there may be some positive effects for some people in some places due to climate change. To be fair, shouldn’t you include any positive effects of climate change on the map?

For example, won’t the drier summer conditions in the North and Midwest DECREASE the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks there?

I’m not claiming that the positives will outweigh the negatives, I just think it’s misleading not to even hint that there may be some positive effects for some people in some places due to climate change.

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