Posted on 07/17/2018 5:50:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Want to get a whole bunch of people to really, really care about climate change and rising sea levels? Tell them their internet is at risk.
In a new study, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oregon found that thousands of miles of buried fiber optic cable are at risk of drowning under the rising seas. This isn’t something that will happen in the distant future, but could be a reality in just 15 years, the study suggests. Better backup your Tumblr.
The peer-reviewed study combined data from the Internet Atlas, the map that keeps track of the physical internet, and projections of sea level incursion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It found that more than 4,000 miles of the conduit that carries the internet to much of the United States could be exposed to seawater by 2033. While the buried fiber optic cables are designed to be water-resistant, they are not waterproof, and that means potential trouble for coastal residents who like the internet (a.k.a. everyone but Luddites, infants, and my grandma).
The most susceptible networks are those of CenturyLink, Inteliquent, and AT&T, while the U.S. cities at highest risk of losing internet access are New York, Miami, and Seattle. However, the effects of internet outages in those areas would ripple across the internet faster than a viral cat video.
Mankind is apparently the only animal too stupid to not move if the sea levels are rising.
>>(a.k.a. everyone but Luddites, infants, and my grandma).
That’s IMPOSSIBLE. Women and children are ALWAYS hit hardest.
In 15 years the Internet could be Built In or Algore could be in Jail
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In 6 years there will be no human government left on Earth.
Gee, too bad the Internet isn’t like, you know, a network or a web-like structure with various alternate pathways and hubs, both hard-wired and wireless. Darn!
It’s ok. Climate change will have killed everyone, so we won’t need internet anyway.
Want to get a whole bunch of people to really, really care about climate change and rising sea levels?
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Obviously, telling the truth isn’t an option.
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Sea levels have been falling since at least 1984.
Just look at any USC&GS bench adjustment sheet.
The Y2K scam was more believable....Yawn!
Why? Tumblr didn't build in its own redundancy in case of gradual global-warming-ocean-saltwater-fiberoptic line corrosion? There go all my vacation pictures. Oh, wait, they are on my hard drive. They had me scared for a nanosecond.
Yes. But I’m going with what the loons obviously believe about people.
Though in all fairness they’ve got NOLA as evidence....
So I went to the linked article at the site, the one from University of Wisconsin–Madison, and it says Nothing!!!! Just a bunch of words with no substance.
The experts are now saying that glass will rust.
“If anything is immune, it’s fiber optic cable. It is tough as nails.“
It’s glass. Literally.
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The world managed to live for millennia without internet. In some ways, it would be wonderful.
People actually get paid to write such drivel.
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