Melting of the Arctic Sea Ice

As you watch this time-lapse video of the melting of the arctic sea ice, keep in mind that the thickness of the ice is decreasing as well.  That, of course, is not obvious from what you’re able to see, which is why there is an entire team of scientists dedicated to determining what’s happening under the surface; I had the pleasure of having dinner with the leader of the group at JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) a few years back.  

Of course, all these scientists are liberal anti-capitalists.

All kidding aside, the warming of Earth is on course to destroy much of what we know as human civilization, via dozens of different effects.  One that we see in our news is refugees.  Think of it like this:

A caravan of a few thousand starving, terrified people seeking asylum in the U.S.–not a problem, unless you get your information from Fox News

Millions of people from war-torn regions of the Middle East pouring into Europe–a significant problem

Hundreds of millions of people from all over the world, driven from their homes as massive land masses disappear due to rising sea levels–I’ll let you do the math.