Those who worry about rising sea levels forget that mankind has experienced something like this before. Some 120 000 years ago, the sea level was six metres higher than today, and Amersfoort was by the sea. In the coldest part of the last ice age, on the contrary, it was 120 metres lower than today, and the North Sea was dry. The subsequent rise caused by the melting of the ice caps was sometimes twenty times faster than now. Over the last six thousand years, our sea level has been fairly stable, and global level measurements of the last century show no acceleration yet due to recent greenhouse gas emissions. Anyone who recognises how inventively our ancestors adapted to sea level changes with few resources need not fear that we would not be able to do the same ourselves in the future.


The drinks will start at 18:00 and the meal will follow punctually at 19:00.

Sign up no later than 11 November 2018 by 12:00.

Further information or registration can be obtained via: kringrotterdam@kivi.nl

Location

Bar Brasserie Engels

Stationsplein 45,3013 AK Rotterdam

Organiser

Circle Rotterdam