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What they're not doing quick enough is addressing things like salt water intrusion and
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Paris to Pittsburgh

What they're not doing quickenough is addressing thingslike salt water intrusion and when...

What they're not doing quick
enough is addressing things
like salt water intrusion and when people talk about sea
level rise being the thing
that gets us out of here because we're flooding,
I wonder if it couldn't be
freshwater vulnerability that gets us out of here faster

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What they're not doing quick enough is addressing things like salt water intrusion and
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when people talk about sea level rise being the thing that gets us out of here
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because we're flooding, I wonder if it couldn't be freshwater vulnerability that
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gets us out of here faster.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:43
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
RadicalMedia,National Geographic

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As the weather grows more deadly and destructive, Americans are demanding solutions to climate change — and they aren’t waiting on Washington to act.
NARRATOR: The Everglades is a critical source of fresh drinking water - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:07
NARRATOR: The Everglades is a critical source of fresh drink...
But as the sea rises, it's moving inland, pushing sea water into the aquifers - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:10
But as the sea rises, it's moving inland, pushing sea w...
CASTRO: A lot of people, when they think of sea level rise in the State of Florida, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:13
CASTRO: A lot of people, when they think of sea level rise i...
WANLESS: And there's essentially nothing we can do to stop that. - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:04
WANLESS: And there's essentially nothing we can do to s...
That's a real problem because as sea level has risen, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:11
That's a real problem because as sea level has risen,
WANLESS (off screen): Yes, we've had to move the wells farther and farther inland. - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:05
WANLESS (off screen): Yes, we've had to move the wells ...
I think probably within the next 30 years we'll have lost our fresh water - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:08
I think probably within the next 30 years we'll have lo...
Here's another area of the science where, as we learn more, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:14
Here's another area of the science where, as we learn m...
If you look at even a recent report of the - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:13
If you look at even a recent report of the
But now there's enough new science that's come in that tells us that the ice sheets - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:17
But now there's enough new science that's come in ...
Even if we stop emitting carbon to the atmosphere now, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:09
Even if we stop emitting carbon to the atmosphere now,
And if we continue with business as usual, if we don't do anything about our - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:13
And if we continue with business as usual, if we don't ...
And if we go down that path then at some point in the future we could be seeing - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:10
And if we go down that path then at some point in the future...
Floods are devastating communities, are devastating economies, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:08
Floods are devastating communities, are devastating economie...
People want to live on the waterfront, but the economic signals are very clear. - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:05
People want to live on the waterfront, but the economic sign...
Insurance companies don't want to ensure those places, uh, they're being redlined out, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:14
Insurance companies don't want to ensure those places, ...
NARRATOR: In the U.S., it's estimated that in about 25 years, - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:11
NARRATOR: In the U.S., it's estimated that in about 25 ...
And by the end of the century, that number grows to two and a half million. - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:05
And by the end of the century, that number grows to two and ...
ROS-LEHTINEN: I represent communities that people would think they're pretty - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:20
ROS-LEHTINEN: I represent communities that people would thin...
But many Republican public officials do not see the urgency in this because - Paris to Pittsburgh 00:11
But many Republican public officials do not see the urgency ...