Sea Level Rise Swamps Islands

Source: Scientific American

New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research suggests that climate change is already causing even greater sea level rise along the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java—coastlines inhabited by hundreds of millions of people. The same climate change is also responsible for falling sea levels around the Seychelles and a potential weakening of the monsoons.

Satellite images and historical photos in other research suggest that some Pacific islands have proven resilient to sea level rise of roughly 17 centimeters over the last century, largely thanks to corals continuing to provide a steady supply of island-building material.


Read more: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=sea-level-rise-swamps-islands-10-07-18

as people in low lying areas are forced to flee beyond arbitrary national borders. The first flash point is likely to be Bangladesh.

been the stepchild.

Millions of people are going to be allowed to die. And if the American shoreline is also threatened, and why shouldn't it be (except that there seems to be some unbalance that will sink some areas but not others), then I would not assume that everyone in downstate New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, any of our coastal states, will find welcoming homes in Chicago or Cincinnati or Phoenix.

A crisis that large will threaten food sources everywhere.

And this is when I suggest arranged marriages for our children to Canadian wheat farmers. If we can figure out something to offer them that they want.

Diego Garcia will sink without race too if they're not giving it back to the Chagossians .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/29/chagos-island-marine-reserve-plans

to the Chagossians. And when the island sinks, we will just find another one and kick those people off- it's the american way.

Thanks for the thread, swag.