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Originally published on TIME.com Earlier this year, NASA issued a report declaring that global warming isn't coming, it's already here. "This Is What a Holy Sh*t Moment for Global Warming Looks Like," according to a headline on Mother Jones. Two studies in the journals Science and Geophysical Research Letters reported that major glaciers that are part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appear to have become irrevocably destabilized. The collapse of these major glaciers now "appears unstoppable," according to NASA. An article in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association states, "Health is inextricably linked to climate change," including respiratory disorders, infectious diseases, water-borne diseases and mental health disorders. Warmer oceans mean that sea levels will rise more than 3 feet in 200 years, or less, eventually triggering the collapse of the rest of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. When the ice sheet is gone, sea levels will rise between 9 and 15 feet, which will, over time, displace millions of people worldwide from the most vulnerable coastal regions. A major U.N. report issued last week stated that global warming could cause food shortages, mass extinctions and flooding of major cities. Secretary of State John Kerry called global warming "the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction." This coastal dislocation could lead to conflict over food and water, escalate regional and ethnic tensions and eventually lead to a major threat...
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