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Even small changes can have pretty big consequences ... for example, some hypothesize that climate change may have had a role in the "Arab Spring" that started

Even small changes can have pretty big consequences ... for example, some hypothesize that climate change may have had a role in the "Arab Spring" that started a chain of events that's still unfolding in the middle east: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2013/02/28/54579/the-arab-spring-and-climate-change/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/201... "“The Arab Spring and Climate Change” does not argue that climate change caused the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world over the past two years. But the essays collected in this slim volume make a compelling case that the consequences of climate change are stressors that can ignite a volatile mix of underlying causes that erupt into revolution." TL;DR climate change contributed to changing agricultural conditions, which led to increased migration from rural to urban centers, which was a "stressor" that probably contributed to an already volatile situation ... the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back (pun not necessarily intended). So yeah, a meter of water level rise would change a massive amount of coastlines ... which would result in population shifts, which would result in economic activity changing, which could result in ... we'll see.

John_KZ 9y ago
Of the many things might have caused the revolution, global warming wasn't one of them. Egypt is at a country's developmental phase when urbanization happens. Also it takes a lot of confidence to attribute 2 years of dryness to climate change. I'm trying to keep my composure but this is a laughable statement. Here's a neat little tool I found: http://flood.firetree.net/ http://flood.firetree.net/ I guess that by 2100 the only problems my area will run into is a couple of deltas being flooded by saltwater and a few random patches of 50m incursions, all but one uninhabited. I think I'll survive, and my children will probably be fine.

John_KZ 9y ago

Of the many things might have caused the revolution, global warming wasn't one of them. Egypt is at a country's developmental phase when urbanization happens. Also it takes a lot of confidence to attribute 2 years of dryness to climate change. I'm trying to keep my composure but this is a laughable statement. Here's a neat little tool I found: http://flood.firetree.net/ http://flood.firetree.net/ I guess that by 2100 the only problems my area will run into is a couple of deltas being flooded by saltwater and a few random patches of 50m incursions, all but one uninhabited. I think I'll survive, and my children will probably be fine.