Episode 29
Do you enjoy long walks on the beach and the warm sand between your toes? Have you ever wondered where that sand comes from and if someone has a plan to stop the ocean from taking it back? How are coastal cities preparing for the inevitable sea-level rise, and why should we who don't live anywhere near the ocean care?
In the final installment of our Climate Connections series, Ian takes us for a long walk on the beach as we discuss climate refugees, sand mining, effective storytelling, and whether there is room for hope in the coming years.
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Episode 29
Do you enjoy long walks on the beach and the warm sand between your toes? Have you ever wondered where that sand comes from and if someone has a plan to stop the ocean from taking it back? How are coastal cities preparing for the inevitable sea-level rise, and why should we who don't live anywhere near the ocean care?
In the final installment of our Climate Connections series, Ian takes us for a long walk on the beach as we discuss climate refugees, sand mining, effective storytelling, and whether there is room for hope in the coming years.
Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast
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produced by Zack Jackson
music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis
Show Notes
Lots of articles!
- Articles about impact of sea level rise
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/sea-level-rise/
- Smithsonian Sea Level Rise explanation: https://ocean.si.edu/through-time/ancient-seas/sea-level-rise
- https://sealevelrise.org/
- Resources for seeing projections
- Surging Seas (affiliated with Climate Central): https://sealevel.climatecentral.org/
- Surging Seas Risk Finder: https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org/
- Surging Seas Map options: https://sealevel.climatecentral.org/maps/
- NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer: https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/
- Articles about NC (both address 2012 sea level rise debacle)
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article234385422.html
- Background on sea level rise debacle from 2012: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/14/scientists-warned-of-rising-sea-levels-in-north-carolina-republican-lawmakers-shelved-their-recommendations/
- https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/10/ncs-next-sea-level-rise-study-to-eye-2100/
- Article about Boston (from 2/19/2020)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/02/19/boston-prepares-rising-seas-climate-change/?arc404=true
Stephen Colbert clip: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/w6itwj/the-colbert-report-the-word---sink-or-swim
Shishmaref, AK : https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/us/sutter-shishmaref-esau-tragedy/index.html and https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/18/490519540/threatened-by-rising-seas-an-alaskan-village-decides-to-relocate
More on the United Fruit Company and the US Government crushing Central America
https://medium.com/s/story/timeline-us-intervention-central-america-a9bea9ebc148
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/country-company-1954-guatemalan-coup-support-united-fruit.html
Books
Amitav Ghosh “The Great Derangement” : https://www.amazon.com/Great-Derangement-Climate-Unthinkable-Lectures/dp/022652681X
Kim Stanley Robinson "New York 2140" : https://www.amazon.com/New-York-2140-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0316262315/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1J4MX2BOHBEDR&keywords=new+york+2041&qid=1583896793&sprefix=new+york+20%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1
