> It's hard to understand how overfishing, overhunting, and habitat destruction have destroyed ecosystems.

I like to bring up the sad example of Passenger Pigeons, since they're a species someone in North America could imagine seeing--or even having a hard time avoiding--walking around in daily life at one time, yet they disappeared relatively recently, even leaving a strange linguistic hole because many people have still heard of "Carrier" pigeons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon

In my local area it was mussels that underpinned (kind of literally) the marine ecosystem. This is the interesting and sad story:

https://www.reviveourgulf.org.nz/why/

I'm not sure about the "concrete" part, but the final Essex class carrier, USS Oriskany, was sunk off Florida to form an artificial reef, the first US naval ship for which this was done, just about 20 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany#2004_%E2%80%93_ar...

Army Corps of Engineers does a lot of work on protecting communities from flooding (and restoration afterwards), so this is in DARPAs baliwick. If Oyster walls are as effective as concrete seawalls, it should be a big improvement where they can be used, because concrete seawalls tend to move tidal problems rather than resolve them, and they also tend to have negative impacts on local ecology.

You would think, except when certain people come into power and appoint figure heads who go and scrub such things. It’s not immune.

Manufactured controversy on climate-change is just a side-effect of bad communication.

1. The whole world needs to bring petroleum burn rates down to sustainable levels (China and the USA will need to make the right choice for their grandchildren.) This doesn't mean complete elimination of petroleum fuels or chemical mining operations. Note, investors that promulgate sustainable management will cost everyone their job are just manipulative liars, and environmentalists that refuse to acknowledge there is a scientifically sound balance are just as naively idealistic.

2. There is a complex physics model that describes what's happening. The only controversial counterarguments are generally from non-scientific dubious communities with questionable political motives.

3. No one wants to admit the earth will return to normal about 50 000 years after human full/partial extinction events. Sustainable energy policy is a national security issue, as we will be living like cavemen if a cascade environmental change event hits us early.

4. The profits made from sustainable energy policy will enrich communities that make the right call. Or alternately desperation driven hostilities await those that choose to give their children a wasteland.

One can invest in technology that creates wealth, or prepare for endless conflict. As a people, we share a common future with the consequences from decisions all people have chosen today.

Be kind to yourselves, and have a fantastic day =3

They didn't forget, the ones left behind weren't flyable. F22s seem to require a lot of maintenance. https://www.twz.com/24442/we-finally-know-how-many-f-22s-wer...

In the article they explicitly call out that this is intended to protect against storm surges.

Hurricanes present a triple threat. In no particular order they are 1) Storm surge, 2) insanely high winds, 3) torrential down pour and the resulting flash flooding.

Immediately along the coast the storm surge is probably the most destructive as it's a wall of water that hits and then pulls everything out to sea, but once you get a few hundred feet inland, or some elevation, it's not really a problem.

Hurricane wind speeds are comparable to tornado wind speeds, except the storms are so much bigger. They will throw projectile debris at windows, and then they break the resulting change in pressure will blow out and rip the roof of a home clean off.

Then the incredible amount of rain they generate can create devastating flooding, and this can happen hundreds of miles from the coast(this is what happens in Asheville, North Carolina, and the specific geography made the flooding worse and harder to recover from since Asheville is a mountain valley river town)

Do you live in an area that gets hurricanes? I grew up in the gulf and while storm surge can be seriously damaging, it's not the most dangerous part.

I've been through Katrina, Gustav, Isaac and more and witnessed incredible damage from wind, rain and auxiliary tornadoes caused by the storm. I've seen wind pick up massive metal structures right in front of me, ball them up and toss them into the sky until they're just a speck on the horizon. I've woken up to my entire neighborhood missing parts of their roof. I nearly got taken out by a large pine tree. I've seen trees crush cars, boats, houses, you name it. Helene just ravaged several inland states and many are still without power or access to basic resources.