... and the earth has been in a state of flux forever. Do they really think the earth will not change? Forests not die, oceans dry up, stars sputter out?
You do know that there was an effort made by some foolish group to get the army of engineers to study ways to keep Niagara Falls from receding farther back up the Niagara River?
Even unedumacatec housewives can comprehend the folly of that!