“The late 20th century sea level rise rate lacks any sign of acceleration. Satellite altimetry indicates virtually no changes in the last decade.” LastsLevelsSeaCenturyLateRateDecades20th CenturySatellitesAccelerationSea Level Rise Author:Nils-Axel Morner
“We suggest that in the next decades fisheries management will have to emphasize the rebuilding of fish populations embedded within functional food webs, within large 'no-take' marine protected areas.” NextSeaAreasRiversManagementPopulationFishesDecadesBoatLakesFishingProtectedMarineEmbeddedRebuildingFisheries Book:5 Easy Pieces: The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems Source: 5 Easy Pieces: The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems
“The problem with water, though, is that the shortfalls don't show up until the very end. You can go on pumping unsustainably until the day you run out. Then all you have is the recharge flow, which comes from precipitation. This is not decades away, this is years away. We're already seeing huge shortages in China, where the Yellow River runs dry for part of each year. The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization. It first failed to reach the sea in 1972, and since 1985 it's run dry for part of each year. For 1997 it was dry for 226 days.” YearsFirstsEndsShowsProblemRunningWaterSeeingSeaHugeGoes OnCivilizationFlowRiversEnvironmentalChinaDecadesChineseDryYellowCradleShortage Author:Lester R. Brown
“Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.” MindDreamWaterMemoriesDarkSeaHugeBedDecadesThriveStayingSurvivingShipwreckDeep WaterStaying Power Author:J. G. Ballard
“One of the first big bubbles, of course, was the huge and horrible South Sea Bubble in England. And the aftermath was interesting. Many of you probably don't remember what happened after the South Sea Bubble, which caused an enormous financial contraction, and a lot of pain. They banned publicly traded stock in England for decades.” FirstsBigsPainRememberCoursesInterestingHappenedSeaHugeEnglandSouthFinancialDecadesEnormousHorribleBubblesBannedAftermathContractions Author:Charlie Munger
“People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions made by the executive. Even though it seems so obvious now, it is extraordinary in the context of the last decade, because courts had simply said they were not the best branch to adjudicate these claims - which is completely wrong, because they are the only nonpolitical branch. They are the branch that is specifically charged with deciding issues that cannot be impartially decided by politicians.” PeopleMadeSaidSeemsLastsLibertyIssuesClearSeaJudgingPoliticianDecidedOrganizationClaimsCourtExtraordinaryObviousDecadesBranchesExecutivesAssertionCivil LibertiesSea ChangeSimply Said Author:Edward Snowden
“For decades Israel has been capturing, and kidnapping Lebanese and Palestinian refugees on the high seas, from Cyprus to Lebanon, killing them in Lebanon, bringing them to Israel, holding them as hostages. It's been going on for decades, has anybody called for an invasion of Israel?” Has BeensSeaKillingIsraelDecadesPalestinianRefugeeInvasionHostageKidnappingLebanonHigh SeasLebaneseCyprusPalestinian Refugees Author:Noam Chomsky