The linked study led by the University of Arizona predicts sea levels could rise by as much as a meter by 2100. This "would be enough to flood 90 percent of New Orleans, 33 percent of Virginia Beach, Va., and 18 percent of Miami, according to scientists."
The UA research focused on warmer oceans leading to faster glacial melting in Greenland and Antarctica. They also point out that at some point the melting becomes irreversible, even if we manage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically (which is unlikely to happen any time soon).
Saturday, July 9, 2011
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Didn't Dr. Hansen, et al, project a much larger SLR of about 2 meters under the A1F1 emissions scenario in a paper last year? I realize that he is an outlier on SLR, but he has been so right, so often, in the past. How will Lewes look in the future what will property values do with a 2m SLR? Thanks, Jackie
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