We’re doomed
(NY Times) Some 1,000 years ago, the Chinese named this city “Shanghai” based on its location. It literally means “above the sea.” Those pioneers probably never imagined the situation that confronts this city today: Shanghai is on its way to being below the sea.
Climate change is pushing up the sea level globally.
While in Shanghai, such rise is roughly the length of a rice grain in each of recent years,….
(h/t Tom Nelson)
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Yes, but you add up all those grains of rice… and.. and… you will soon have a bowl of delicious rice in about 500 years. mmmmmm wait.. I’m hungry now for chinese food.