I’ve lived in Dee Why for more than a quarter of a century and, while a fair few things have changed here, I have never seen the beach erode away so much that rocks are exposed at the base of those stairs, and the waves crash up against them at high tide. There’s always been at least 5-10 metres of sand there.
It’s somewhat troubling.
I hear you. Sadly, though, I don't find it all that weird anymore. I guess I've always hoped that the modelling was a little stronger than the outcome would be, but that's proven to be wrong. Instead, the modelling seems conservative now 🤷♂️
@DyDave it's been really sad seeing that the IPCC reports were too conservative too. global effort fail.
Yup. That's the thing about science: the boffins can only work with the data they have and not speculate, so when we humans keep doing bad things even more than they expected us to, they have to keep revising.
They've been telling us all as loudly as they can for decades, but we just keep wanting bigger SUVs.
@DyDave some scientists worked for fossil fuel companies too and signed NDAs, most others were too worried about careers and future funding to speak publicly & passionately to the public. kudos to the ones getting the word out.
but science failed us on this imo. science needed a stronger messaging apparatus to cut through disinformation & sown doubt. too many people are unaware to this day, not enough are demanding a pivot to renewables to make a difference during this brief window we have.
@DyDave
fwiw i like call the troubling new stuff I've been going through (hashtag) climateweirdness.