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The sea level rise predicted for the melting of the ice sheet doesn't appear to endanger many major cities.
http://flood.firetree.net/
Antarctic Ice Sheet Falling Apart
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The sea level rise predicted for the melting of the ice sheet doesn't appear to endanger many major cities.
http://flood.firetree.net/
Even with rises as small as two or three metres my city's international airport will be unusable though much of the rest of the city will be quite safe. Relocation of the airport will be a problem as it will be difficult to find suitable flat ground.
According to the map my own house is safe with a 13 metre rise but well and truly under water at 20 metres.
According to the map my own house is safe with a 13 metre rise but well and truly under water at 20 metres.
Your link is going to a +7m rise map, FYI.
The +2m rise the article conservatively predicts looks a bit less dire, though in that scenario the Netherlands, the Nile Delta, lower Mesopotamia, parts of southern Vietnam and northeastern China and no doubt any number of other lower-lying regions are still pretty hosed.
Trouble is with global warming, the conservative predictions have thus far mostly proved wrong and the radical predictions have thus far mostly proved correct. (Nevertheless that map is an interesting resource, thanks for linking it.)
The +2m rise the article conservatively predicts looks a bit less dire, though in that scenario the Netherlands, the Nile Delta, lower Mesopotamia, parts of southern Vietnam and northeastern China and no doubt any number of other lower-lying regions are still pretty hosed.
Trouble is with global warming, the conservative predictions have thus far mostly proved wrong and the radical predictions have thus far mostly proved correct. (Nevertheless that map is an interesting resource, thanks for linking it.)
It's cities like New York that I'm most concerned for. I'd imagine it won't be permanently under water, but I could see serious flooding issues as a regular problem.
With the 7 meters that map defaults to, sections of Brooklyn and Queens find themselves under water. Manhattan seems to be ok though.
The predicted rise from the collapse of the ice sheet is between three and four meters. Surprisingly enough it looks like even parts of Venice will remain unsubmerged.
The map defaults to 7 meters but it's interactive and can be set for less and for much more than that.
The map defaults to 7 meters but it's interactive and can be set for less and for much more than that.
My old neighborhood in Marine Park, Brooklyn would be under. As would JFK and LaGuardia airports. And considering the population density of those Brooklyn-Queens neighborhoods, and we're talking a massive logistical relocation issue.
And that's just one (albeit densely populated) city.
And that's just one (albeit densely populated) city.
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Water wings are the answer.
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I'm always coming up with new ideas. Always.
About time Antarctica got a usable landmass.
San Francisco would get in trouble, but nothing prevents them from building a dam at the golden gate. Just as nothing prevents New York from being secured by a dam. All of the Mediterranean could be protected by a dam as well. Unless it's cheaper to let the regions and cities drown.
San Francisco would get in trouble, but nothing prevents them from building a dam at the golden gate. Just as nothing prevents New York from being secured by a dam. All of the Mediterranean could be protected by a dam as well. Unless it's cheaper to let the regions and cities drown.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/14/sea-level-rise_n_5318769.html
The climate change "story" has obviously moved beyond both the stupid "is it or isn't it happening" debate and more importantly - although this probably won't be seen clearly for some years - beyond any possibility of preventing or substantially mitigating it. The next stage of human history will be about how human civilization adjusts to the greatest change in our world within recorded memory.
I still won't get beachfront property out of this.
The climate change "story" has obviously moved beyond both the stupid "is it or isn't it happening" debate and more importantly - although this probably won't be seen clearly for some years - beyond any possibility of preventing or substantially mitigating it. The next stage of human history will be about how human civilization adjusts to the greatest change in our world within recorded memory.
If global warming wasn't man made, the effects would still be the same. So it's about time we get away from the self pity "Oh my god what have we done" crap to "what can we do about it?"
It's times like this I wish I was a religious man.
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It's all over people! We don't have a prayer!
I'm 160m above sea level.
Bring it!
Bring it!
Yeah, cause rising water levels worked out so well for humanity in the Bible.
Now excuse me, I'll be out back doing a little building. Anyone got a cubit tape-measure, all I have is 25footers.
