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Old 13th June 2007, 11:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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A vision of future Earth?

'Did you predict the future?'

I get asked that a lot. Could the drowned Earth in my books Exodus and Zenith be a true vision of the future? The only clues to the future is what's happening now. To make a good story, I took those clues to dramatic extremes. But already, islands are drowning in the South Pacific and new land is appearing in Greenland as the ice caps melt...and more.

I hope I got it wrong. What do you think?
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Old 9th July 2007, 11:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if happened exactly as you said it. I keep waiting for the storms of the 20's and 30's.

I keep forgetting the books aren't "stop global warming!" propaganda which are based on scientific predictions. So if it doesn't happen anything like what you said, no one can complain. Though if does you get brownie points from the ghost of Nostradamus.

Yay, new forum. I'm now going to go inform as many of the old member as i can. Unfortunately i think that's only 2.
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Old 14th August 2007, 02:21 AM   #3 (permalink)
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i'm not going to lie, it scared me a little to think that this could all really happen in the world. especially now as we are seeing so many crazy storms around the world.

people keep saying that the world cant flood because all the icebergs are 70% underwater already so only 30% would melt into the ocean, but what if that 30% makes a difference?

I was positively bawling when mara found out that the people of the past knew about what was going to happen to the world and didn't do anything!
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Old 13th July 2008, 12:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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They're saying that if global warming continues, the gulf stream will "clog" and leave nearly the whole of western Europe in a miniature ice age. This could happen in the next century or so. Cheery thought.
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Sea-levels are not rising significantly...

World Climate Report » Shocking Facts about Sea Level Rise
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Old 13th July 2008, 03:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Interesting.

And confusingly at odds with the plight of sinking nations like Bangladesh and the South Pacific islands

Paradise lost: climate change forces South Sea islanders to seek sanctuary abroad - Australasia, World - The Independent

Rising tide of global warming threatens Pacific island states - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
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