Don't forget habitat destruction and fragmentation. Try to stay focused.
Humans are certainly capable of changing ecosystems AND conditions in the atmosphere. Nature is a finely tuned system and changing one thing can lead to a cascade of consequences. See the coastal erosion problems we have been facing for decades.
For decades is correct, more like Centuries.
The Cajuns of Nova Scotia faced this problem in in the 1600's and found a solution.
Water extraction from aquifers caused sinking coastlines, not rising tides. (See Mexico city) Alexandia Egypt sank by natural causes. None of this in a modern phenomenon.
We have impacts on other natural phenomena but not that one? Is there evidence that we do not impact global climate?
Turbine-Draining aquifers certainly leads to subsidence but that is not the cause of LAs coastal issues. There is no aquifer underlying most of coastal SE LA where the vast majority of wetlands have been lost. Levees not allowing deposition of river silt, channelization of streams and O & G canals allowing saltwater intrusion have slowed deposition so much that it cannot keep up with natural erosion and subsidence.
The reason I brought up coastal land loss and extinctions is to illustrate that, while cycles in nature are normal, humans can and do affect nature. For another example, check out what has happened to the Aral Sea in the last 50-60 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQhrgqaQiwQ
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Well, baws.if we can hurry up and convert those offshore oil production platforms to windmills, we might be able to save ourselves from these hurricanes.
Let's get on it!
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