Rising of water levels

Many believers thought that today would be end the world. The world didn't end and I am really glad for that, but I truly believe that if we keep doing what we do to Our Planet, life, as we know it will change drastically!

Aren't you worried with your children future? Because, only those who are not worried with their children's future can think "there is nothing I can do!!"

Studies have shown that the temperature of the planet is increasing every year, making glaciers to melt, and consequently, making water levels to increase. The European Commission says "The latest study from the International Panel on Climate Change – the most authoritative assessment of climate change science – predicts that sea levels will rise by 18-59cm by the end of the century, and even these estimates are conservative." (http://bit.ly/U1Pvad) That has undeniable consequences for us (Humans), because coasts will become more vulnerable to flooding and erosion, with significant consequences for the people, infrastructure, businesses and nature in these areas. Aren't you worried with what's coming?

Well, I advise you to get information about the subject. Perhaps watch the movie "Chasing Ice", where the acclaimed photographer James Balog and his team took pictures of glaciers during several years and where you will see the metling of huge glaciers.

James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. "But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.
Traveling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity. As the debate polarizes America, and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Chasing Ice depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet." (http://chasingice.co.uk)

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The Europe Dream

Many of us think about the American dream, and forget that there was one day an Europe dream, where all countries in Europe will join together to build a stronger and fairer Europe. That was in 1951. There was a belief that an Europe with a same objective would be stronger and more prosperous. An Europe more generous, where the horrors of the II World War would never happen again. An Europe without hunger, poverty, where the rich countries would share with the poor, but somehow, along the way and throughout history this ideal diluted itself and we are now experiencing one of the worst European crisis since EU was formed.
With most of Europe's countries living with austerity, including the "rich countries", the "poor countries", such as Portugal and Greece are going through tough measures imposed by their governments and the so called "troika". Many economists believe that austerity measures will kill the European project. I believe the same. Sure that governments spending had to be cut, because it was economically unsustainable, but is it sustainable that the cuts imposed are so drastic and within such a short period of time?
Meanwhile, poverty and hunger is raising in Europe and children are mostly affected. I heard this morning in the Portuguese TV a news, where parents had to leave their children at hospital just after they were born, because they had no money to feed them... I have to say, that made me cry.