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[Intro]
Good to the last drop
(Drop)
[Verse 1]
The Snake River
(Fails to deliver)
Diluted subsidies
(Causing tragedies)
[Bridge]
Dam the salmon
(Dam ’em, damn ’em)
[Chorus]
Mead and Powell runnin’ low
(How much longer… I dunno)
Just a drip (Barely a flow)
The last drop (Oh, whoa woe)
[Verse 2]
Biscayne Aquifer
(Situation’s more than dire)
Drowning in the salt
(Do you wonder whose fault?)
[Bridge]
The primate climate
Takes on the hairless ape
(Shape)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Mead and Powell runnin’ low
(How much longer… I dunno)
Just a drip (Barely a flow)
The last drop (Oh, whoa woe)
[Bridge]
The primate climate
Takes on the hairless ape
(Shape)
[Outro]
The primate climate
Extract a confession
(From the extractionists)
It’s the human lesson
(By extinctionalists)
ABOUT THE SCIENCE
America’s Water Crisis Is Already Here — and Climate Change Is Driving It
The U.S. is running out of fresh water, and the evidence is everywhere:
Colorado River Collapse
Lake Mead & Lake Powell at historic lows
Forced federal water cuts
Hydropower at Hoover & Glen Canyon at risk
40 million people affected
Why?
Climate change is accelerating aridification:
Vanishing snowpack
Earlier melt
Extreme evaporation
Soils absorbing water before it reaches rivers
A 2023 study found warming has drained the equivalent of an entire Lake Mead from the basin since 2000.
Lower Snake River Dams Myth
They produce <4% of the NW’s power, offer almost no storage, require huge subsidies, and are driving salmon toward extinction. Calling dam removal “climate craziness” is pure politics — not science.
Florida Is in Trouble Too
Sea-level rise is pushing saltwater into Florida’s drinking water aquifers.
Tampa is already buying 10 million gallons/day — something officials say was “very rare” before this year.
Different regions, same crisis:
Climate-driven hydrological disruption is hitting reservoirs, aquifers, ecosystems, energy grids, and farms — now, not decades from now.
This is the new water reality in America. And it’s accelerating.
* Our probabilistic, ensemble-based climate model — which incorporates complex socio-economic and ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, nonlinear system — projects that global temperatures are becoming unsustainable this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates of a 4°C rise over the next thousand years, highlighting a dramatic acceleration in global warming. We are now entering a phase of compound, cascading collapse, where climate, ecological, and societal systems destabilize through interlinked, self-reinforcing feedback loops.
What Can I Do?
The single most important action you can take to help address the climate crisis is simple: stop burning fossil fuels. There are numerous actions you can take to contribute to saving the planet. Each person bears the responsibility to minimize pollution, discontinue the use of fossil fuels, reduce consumption, and foster a culture of love and care. The Butterfly Effect illustrates that a small change in one area can lead to significant alterations in conditions anywhere on the globe. Hence, the frequently heard statement that a fluttering butterfly in China can cause a hurricane in the Atlantic. Be a butterfly and affect the world.
Tipping points and feedback loops drive the acceleration of climate change. When one tipping point is breached and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the Domino Effect.
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
From the album “Porous“
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Waterproof-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Good to the last drop
(Drop)
[Verse 1]
The Snake River
(Fails to deliver)
Diluted subsidies
(Causing tragedies)
[Bridge]
Dam the salmon
(Dam ’em, damn ’em)
[Chorus]
Mead and Powell runnin’ low
(How much longer… I dunno)
Just a drip (Barely a flow)
The last drop (Oh, whoa woe)
[Verse 2]
Biscayne Aquifer
(Situation’s more than dire)
Drowning in the salt
(Do you wonder whose fault?)
[Bridge]
The primate climate
Takes on the hairless ape
(Shape)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Mead and Powell runnin’ low
(How much longer… I dunno)
Just a drip (Barely a flow)
The last drop (Oh, whoa woe)
[Bridge]
The primate climate
Takes on the hairless ape
(Shape)
[Outro]
The primate climate
Extract a confession
(From the extractionists)
It’s the human lesson
(By extinctionalists)
ABOUT THE SCIENCE
America’s Water Crisis Is Already Here — and Climate Change Is Driving It
The U.S. is running out of fresh water, and the evidence is everywhere:
Colorado River Collapse
Lake Mead & Lake Powell at historic lows
Forced federal water cuts
Hydropower at Hoover & Glen Canyon at risk
40 million people affected
Why?
Climate change is accelerating aridification:
Vanishing snowpack
Earlier melt
Extreme evaporation
Soils absorbing water before it reaches rivers
A 2023 study found warming has drained the equivalent of an entire Lake Mead from the basin since 2000.
Lower Snake River Dams Myth
They produce <4% of the NW’s power, offer almost no storage, require huge subsidies, and are driving salmon toward extinction. Calling dam removal “climate craziness” is pure politics — not science.
Florida Is in Trouble Too
Sea-level rise is pushing saltwater into Florida’s drinking water aquifers.
Tampa is already buying 10 million gallons/day — something officials say was “very rare” before this year.
Different regions, same crisis:
Climate-driven hydrological disruption is hitting reservoirs, aquifers, ecosystems, energy grids, and farms — now, not decades from now.
This is the new water reality in America. And it’s accelerating.
* Our probabilistic, ensemble-based climate model — which incorporates complex socio-economic and ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, nonlinear system — projects that global temperatures are becoming unsustainable this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates of a 4°C rise over the next thousand years, highlighting a dramatic acceleration in global warming. We are now entering a phase of compound, cascading collapse, where climate, ecological, and societal systems destabilize through interlinked, self-reinforcing feedback loops.
What Can I Do?
The single most important action you can take to help address the climate crisis is simple: stop burning fossil fuels. There are numerous actions you can take to contribute to saving the planet. Each person bears the responsibility to minimize pollution, discontinue the use of fossil fuels, reduce consumption, and foster a culture of love and care. The Butterfly Effect illustrates that a small change in one area can lead to significant alterations in conditions anywhere on the globe. Hence, the frequently heard statement that a fluttering butterfly in China can cause a hurricane in the Atlantic. Be a butterfly and affect the world.
Tipping points and feedback loops drive the acceleration of climate change. When one tipping point is breached and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the Domino Effect.
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
From the album “Porous“