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Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 04:14 PM Oct 2015

U.S. Cities WILL Sink Below Rising Seas....no matter what we do to curb global warming.

http://news.yahoo.com/sea-level-rise-swallow-miami-orleans-study-202752078.html

Miami (AFP) - Say goodbye to Miami and New Orleans. No matter what we do to curb global warming, these and other beloved US cities will sink below rising seas, according to a study.

But making extreme carbon cuts and moving to renewable energy could save millions of people living in iconic coastal areas of the United States, said the findings in the October 12 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal.

Scientists have already established that if we do nothing to reduce our burning of fossil fuel up to the year 2100, the planet will face sea level rise of 14-32 feet (4.3–9.9 meters), said lead author Ben Strauss, vice president for sea level and climate impacts at Climate Central.

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http://news.yahoo.com/sea-level-rise-swallow-miami-orleans-study-202752078.html

See a visual here:
http://choices.climatecentral.org/#12/40.7116/-74.0010?compare=scenarios&carbon-end-yr=2100&scenario-a=unchecked&scenario-b=extreme-cuts
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U.S. Cities WILL Sink Below Rising Seas....no matter what we do to curb global warming. (Original Post) Lodestar Oct 2015 OP
Wealthy win again LakeVermilion Oct 2015 #1
coastal residents are the wealthy saturnsring Oct 2015 #2
And look on the bright side... Bigmack Oct 2015 #3

LakeVermilion

(1,022 posts)
1. Wealthy win again
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 04:25 PM
Oct 2015

So coastal residents will lose everything so coal and oil stockholders can continue to make millions. The consolation is that the refineries in Louisiana will be submerged.

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
3. And look on the bright side...
Thu Oct 15, 2015, 03:00 PM
Oct 2015

Soon waterfront houses will be VERY affordable. So they're a touch on the dampish side....the views are still great.
Ms Bigmack

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