Posted on 10/31/2019 9:35:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world’s great coastal cities.
The authors of a paper published Tuesday developed a more accurate way of calculating land elevation based on satellite readings, a standard way of estimating the effects of sea level rise over large areas, and found that the previous numbers were far too optimistic. The new research shows that some 150 million people are now living on land that will be below the high-tide line by midcentury.
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Lots of scary sea rise illustrations.
No comment.
I might ask, “What rising seas? WHERE is all this rising magically happening without occurring at liberal coastal resorts in the US?”
MMMMore? Than the hundreds that have already been erased since AlGore told us it was going to happen.!?!?!?!?!
Wow, coastal property must be a bargain. But it isn’t.
How many erased so far?
2050? I though we were down to our last 11 years. That’s what some bartender chick told me....
3*0 == 0
Red Ted Danson said the oceans would be dead by 2000.
But on the bright side, AOC and Greta say we’ll all be dead in 11 years and three months anyway, so the loss of the cities won’t really bother anyone.
HOOK. LINE. SINKER.
Earthquakes are more likely their biggest threat, especially on the left coast. Of course I’ll be long gone by 2050, unless some invisible hand is at play to make me live into my late 90s.
I’m 2000 feet up and over a hundred clicks from the ocean.
Don’t care.
:)
“Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows”
MORE cities! Sure would like to see a list of the ones we have lost so far. Sounds like millions are fleeing the coastlines right now!
I never truly yearned to live to 97 years old until this moment. That would be the greatest laugh on Earth to see nothing happen.
Unless global cooling shrinks the oceans first.
Read the comments. It shows what kind of dummies read the NYT.
At my age any rise in any levels would be a blessing. What a crock! If the author don’t like it here he can move to Mars. He’ll have to pull his out of his Uranus but it’s something to do. Bwaaahaaaaa.
Yeah, this is why Omoeba bought a waterfront mansion on Martha’s Vineyard.
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