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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Have A Great Wednesday

work by Sophie Taeuber-Arp 1889 - 1943

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks to global warming, Shishmaref Alaska is falling into the sea:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Lessons_From_A_Dying_Village

Jim Sande said...

Fascinating article, I will post it.

I don't understand the rising water though. Why is it more pronounced in certain areas? In my mind I get the idea of the oceans of the world rising at the same rate which I have suspected to be very small little by little. Does the rising water, rise in some areas more than others? Is the island involved Shishmaref, is it in the way of melting Arctic water? Do you know how this works?

Anonymous said...

The village is built on permafrost, which is melting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishmaref,_Alaska

Jim Sande said...

Ah...