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Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows
NYT ^ | 10 29 2019 | Denise Lu and Christopher Flavelle

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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(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; searise
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"Recent Research Shows". 30 year projection.

Lots of scary sea rise illustrations.

1 posted on 10/31/2019 9:35:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

No comment.


2 posted on 10/31/2019 9:37:43 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: yesthatjallen

I might ask, “What rising seas? WHERE is all this rising magically happening without occurring at liberal coastal resorts in the US?”


3 posted on 10/31/2019 9:38:48 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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MMMMore? Than the hundreds that have already been erased since AlGore told us it was going to happen.!?!?!?!?!


4 posted on 10/31/2019 9:39:18 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: yesthatjallen

Wow, coastal property must be a bargain. But it isn’t.


5 posted on 10/31/2019 9:41:07 PM PDT by tinyowl
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To: yesthatjallen

How many erased so far?


6 posted on 10/31/2019 9:41:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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2050? I though we were down to our last 11 years. That’s what some bartender chick told me....


7 posted on 10/31/2019 9:41:27 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: yesthatjallen

3*0 == 0


8 posted on 10/31/2019 9:41:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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9 posted on 10/31/2019 9:42:10 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: LegendHasIt

Red Ted Danson said the oceans would be dead by 2000.


10 posted on 10/31/2019 9:42:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: LegendHasIt

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.


11 posted on 10/31/2019 9:42:35 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Speaking of comment. Read the comments at the link.

HOOK. LINE. SINKER.

12 posted on 10/31/2019 9:43:53 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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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.


13 posted on 10/31/2019 9:43:58 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Darksheare

I’m 2000 feet up and over a hundred clicks from the ocean.

Don’t care.

:)


14 posted on 10/31/2019 9:44:09 PM PDT by Salamander (Living On The Ledge....)
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“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!


15 posted on 10/31/2019 9:44:37 PM PDT by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows,

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.

16 posted on 10/31/2019 9:45:47 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: yesthatjallen

Unless global cooling shrinks the oceans first.


17 posted on 10/31/2019 9:47:06 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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Read the comments. It shows what kind of dummies read the NYT.


18 posted on 10/31/2019 9:48:24 PM PDT by Rocky
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To: LegendHasIt

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.


19 posted on 10/31/2019 9:49:38 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: yesthatjallen

Yeah, this is why Omoeba bought a waterfront mansion on Martha’s Vineyard.


20 posted on 10/31/2019 9:54:38 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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