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I am a climate scientist and geologist and think that climate, geology, and geography are incredibly interesting fields that people deserve to know more about. If you have any questions that you’ve sat with for a while, are just curious, want to know more about future or past scenarios, or even have worldbuilding questions, feel free to ask!
Geology– THE DOCTRINE OF UNIFORMITY Most people have no idea that they know so much about geology already. The doctrine of uniformity is essentially the idea that most of what you can observe in the present day has also occurred in the past, and you can expect comparable formations across time to have undergone the same processes to form!
Geography– More Marxists need to study Marxist geography. It is probably the most interesting part of the fields of study under Marxism and has so much story telling power, especially for people who are finding certain concepts around intense Marxist literature hard to digest. It takes so much energy to understand Marxist concepts in the abstract, but you don’t have to start there! You can start with concepts you fundamentally understand and critique and then use them to help teach you Marxism! It’s very, very cool and very helpful for beginners! Many people already understand some of its key concepts with zero effort at all.
Climate– This one is just more of a “did you know?” fact, but most people don’t consider that sea level rise from climate change is not only just water being physically placed into the ocean from glaciers that had it sequestered away. Sea level rise will also occur due to thermal expansion as the seas heat up and the same amount of water must expand in volume. It is a quite significant factor in sea level rise, and is roughly half of all sea level rise that we have already observed
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