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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy Confirms World’s Coastal Cities Unsavable If We Don’t Slash Carbon Pollution
https://thinkprogress.org/study-confirms-worlds-coastal-cities-unsavable-if-we-don-t-slash-carbon-pollution-f499c9a5c513A new study confirms what leading climate scientists have warned about for many years now: Only very aggressive climate action can save the worlds coastal cities from inundation by centurys end.
We still could limit sea level rise to two feet this century if we keep total warming below 2°C, according to analysis using these new findings. Otherwise, we should be anticipating five to six feet of sea level rise by 2100 which would generate hundreds of millions of refugees. That isnt even the worst-case scenario.
This latest research from the journal Nature underscores that what the nation and the world do in the next decade or two will determine whether or not cities like Miami, Boston, New York, or New Orleans have any plausible chance to survive by 2100.
The study, Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise, analyzes new processes in the 3-dimensional ice sheet model. It makes use of mechanisms involving the impact of warming oceans on the unstable Antarctic ice sheet that were previously known but never incorporated in a model like this before. It then tests its findings against past episodes of high sea-levels and ice retreat.
We still could limit sea level rise to two feet this century if we keep total warming below 2°C, according to analysis using these new findings. Otherwise, we should be anticipating five to six feet of sea level rise by 2100 which would generate hundreds of millions of refugees. That isnt even the worst-case scenario.
This latest research from the journal Nature underscores that what the nation and the world do in the next decade or two will determine whether or not cities like Miami, Boston, New York, or New Orleans have any plausible chance to survive by 2100.
The study, Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise, analyzes new processes in the 3-dimensional ice sheet model. It makes use of mechanisms involving the impact of warming oceans on the unstable Antarctic ice sheet that were previously known but never incorporated in a model like this before. It then tests its findings against past episodes of high sea-levels and ice retreat.
They left one out. "Historian were unsure whether San Francisco was a city or a chain of independent islands off the coast." -Illuminatus!
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Study Confirms World’s Coastal Cities Unsavable If We Don’t Slash Carbon Pollution (Original Post)
KamaAina
Aug 2016
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villager
(26,001 posts)1. There goes AT&T park...
Alas.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. Sort of a metaphor for the Giants at this point
villager
(26,001 posts)6. Slowly sinking in the West?
I guess the series starting tonight will certainly "clarify" how acute -- or not -- the "swamping" is....
VMA131Marine
(4,158 posts)2. Build a wall around the entire coastline of the US?
Trump's on it!
mahina
(17,715 posts)3. And Honolulu?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. There is a map of tsunami evacuation zones in the front of your phone book
assuming you still have phone books. That will serve as a rough guide. Bottom line: Live mauka.
0rganism
(23,975 posts)8. maybe that big island with the volcano is going to get a lot more popular
time to invest in some real estate about halfway up the volcano
Calculating
(2,957 posts)7. eh
At this point there isn't much we can do other than watch the show. The time for action on climate change was 15+ years ago. Now it's time to figure out ways to mitigate the damage and relocate those affected.