Japan's nuclear crisis pales in comparison to destruction from global climate change - CSMonitor.com

As horrific as oil spills and nuclear meltdowns are, they pale in significance to the global meltdown of climate change. The vanished coastline in Miyagi, Japan only hints at the vast environmental destruction expected to come. Scientists project that millions of miles of coastline will disappear under the slow tsunami of global warming, as rising seas swallow entire cities and perhaps even nations.
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John Sanbonmatsu is an associate professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.