The consequences of this sea level rise are not that bad. All the coastal cities around the world will need to be moved upland a bit. This will generate plenty of construction jobs.
It’s time for a new start anyway. We need to get rid of all that old art and architecture. Sarcasm intended: Axil On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > There was a disturbing report on the NHK program "Close Up Gendai": > > http://www.nhk.or.jp/gendai/kiroku/detail_3301.html > > Researchers in Antarctica have mapped the ice and land under it with radar > and other techniques. They have found there is a great deal more ice than > previously thought and it is more likely to melt. Prof. Andrea Dutton, U. > Florida, looked at fossilized coral reefs and determined that the last time > Antarctica, Greenland and Iceland melted, the sea level rose ~9 m. > > That's about 6 m from Antarctica and 3 m from the northern ice. Melting > ice at the North Pole will not raise sea levels because that ice is > floating. > > The latest projections indicate this might happen by the year 2100, > because of global warming caused by CO2. 9 m is a far higher sea level > increase than any previous estimate. > > - Jed > >
