Free country is threatened by the water. So supposed to be is right on top of the world. Its not as floats or a house, its a hybrid clement curiositys happening. Its not tightening in the future, or possibly its already going on. Its the future of humanity is in the sea levels will continue to rise, but by how much the earth is getting hotter. The polar ice caps are melting in greenland and antarctica. The ice is receding. 6 times faster than expect. Sea levels around the world are rising. Geo mark the Helmholtz Center for research is located in kiel, germany. Some of the worlds top climate experts work here, including moji blood, teef, who studies Global Warming and its effects uses golson ice ponds. These enormous ice caps hold an immense amount of water. Just imagine if they were to melt away completely. Gooden global sea levels would rise by about 60 meters. This cease meter. And the increase of that magnitude would radically alter the earths geography. Much of Northern Europe coul
Flags were on the Capitol Building and at the white house are being flown at half staff in members of pearl harbor. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great redeemer, guide our lawmakers along the best path to fulfill your purposes on earth. May they submit to your wisdom and providential leading, believing that you will supply all of their needs. Remind them that your unfailing love accompanies those who put their trust in you. Give our senators an attitude of reverential awe that will keep them from evil. Inspire them to rejoice and be glad, as they strive to live lives of purity and obedience. And lord, as we remember pearl harbor on this december 7th, thank you for your loving and prevailing providence. May we show our gratitude by facing the future without fear. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting
Some of the stories that well be looking at today. Here about a simple environment cards example teams having a big effect in ghana. We will meet a scientist in germany looking to replant land devastated by the oil mining. And will soon be doing so in egypt are returning from war Sustainable Way of life. But we begin in rhonda where the prolonged use of illegal on regulated fishing gear has day to the collapse of fish stocks a number of lakes have been left severely understocked and that has they to an increase in money tradition among the local population prices on the local market are also raised and over the last 2. 00 decades and that trend is expected to continue if fish production is not stimulated so rhonda has embarked on a vast operation to restock its 24 lex we went to see how things are coming along. To wonder on the Eastern Shore of lake hugo it may look idyllic but the fishes of finding more and more difficult to scrape by lake is severely overfished his are some of the ne
And also served as National Security adviser to president george w. Bush. David admiral, great to see you again. We are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk to you about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you here today. This is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i kind of came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii fighter pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because, at the time, when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my gran
This is about an hour. Admiral, great to see you again. We are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. Publicre plenty of issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. With how yourt came by service. You came by it naturally, you grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was an interesting person. Thank you forn the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I enjoy spending time with you and your students. I came by it naturally, my ii fireas a world war pilot and fighter flew spitfires, a british plane. We entered the war, we did not have planes so the british loaned us spitfires. My grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii, he was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said i remember what got me in the service. When i was a young boy, i saw the soldiers heading off to france in world war i, board