40% of global population lives in coastal areas of lesser elevation than 50m.[1] That is more like 3 billion people. Syrian refugee crisis seems quite insignifi

40% of global population lives in coastal areas of lesser elevation than 50m.[1] That is more like 3 billion people. Syrian refugee crisis seems quite insignificant in comparison. Of course, only one of those is currently underway, and we don't really know how fast sea levels will rise. [1] http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/methodology_sheets/oceans_seas_coasts/pop_coastal_areas.pdf http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/methodolog...