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Rising Sea Levels Will Affect the U. S. Atlantic Coast!
#1
Posted 24 June 2012 - 04:53 PM
http://news.yahoo.co...-171554622.html
#2
Posted 25 June 2012 - 02:17 AM
#3
Posted 25 June 2012 - 01:31 PM
But again, what we do pales in comparison to the third world.
#4
Posted 25 June 2012 - 11:52 PM
It's disconcerting. I can only hope our city planners are taking steps for the inevitable. I think of San Francisco, which has so much of the city on landfill. I remember when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit. The area hit the hardest was built on landfill. Ironically, it was one of the hardest hit areas in 1906. It was built on landfill then as well, so they didn't really learn anything from the first disaster.
It does make me wonder as these sea levels rise and we lose livable space to it, where will the people go? We won't be able to reclaim that land, will we?
#5
Posted 26 June 2012 - 03:20 AM
should be ignored.
http://www.altenergy...ust-pass-a-law/
#7
Posted 26 June 2012 - 03:11 PM
#8
Posted 26 June 2012 - 04:31 PM
#9
Posted 26 June 2012 - 05:10 PM
http://planetgreen.d...-literally.html
Not a century for these folks-
http://latimesblogs....ions-court.html
http://www.triplepun...ing-moved-fiji/
#10
Posted 26 June 2012 - 05:29 PM
#11
Posted 27 June 2012 - 03:09 AM
Phil, on 26 June 2012 - 05:29 PM, said:
#12
Posted 27 June 2012 - 05:32 AM
#13
Posted 27 June 2012 - 12:36 PM
CA is not immune but it isn't like FL where half the state will disappear. What I meant was CA can take a couple of feet of sea rise without it being the end of the world.
My main point is it's going to happen, there is no way China or India will be denied their prosperity whether we like it or not.
#14
Posted 27 June 2012 - 03:28 PM
Phil, on 27 June 2012 - 12:36 PM, said:
CA is not immune but it isn't like FL where half the state will disappear. What I meant was CA can take a couple of feet of sea rise without it being the end of the world.
My main point is it's going to happen, there is no way China or India will be denied their prosperity whether we like it or not.
(And I have to give you a hard time once in awhile-keeps it fresh.)
#15
Posted 27 June 2012 - 09:34 PM
#16
Posted 28 June 2012 - 02:36 AM
Phil, on 27 June 2012 - 12:36 PM, said:
CA is not immune but it isn't like FL where half the state will disappear. What I meant was CA can take a couple of feet of sea rise without it being the end of the world.
My main point is it's going to happen, there is no way China or India will be denied their prosperity whether we like it or not.
Getting off the subject here, but anway:
Got your California subduction stuff mixed up...
( http://en.wikipedia....n_Andreas_Fault http://en.wikipedia....subduction_zone )
Yes, California not immune (for instance. low lying San Francisco International Airport will need seawalls built)
Yes, will take change by China and india and the US and others to slow climate change. Doesn't necessarily have to be simultaneous reductions of greenhouse gasses, but does still need to happen. If changes aren't made, the prosperity gains may well be used up dealing with climate change damage.
#17
Posted 28 June 2012 - 11:05 AM
No one immune but not the end of the world compared to FL.
#18
Posted 28 June 2012 - 12:01 PM
Phil, on 28 June 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:
It's not.
Sealevel is rising, but the land level isn't dropping lower than it is now.
(Special cases excepted like some of the islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, basically drying out and topsoil destruction)
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 07:06 PM
#20
Posted 28 June 2012 - 10:14 PM
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