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I understand what sea level rise means. Pieces of cities and maybe a few whole cities will need to be torn down and rebuilt elsewhere. Building cities on a cent
by travisoneill1 8y ago
I understand what sea level rise means. Pieces of cities and maybe a few whole cities will need to be torn down and rebuilt elsewhere. Building cities on a century timescale is not difficult. (How many of the vulnerable houses are more than 80 years old now?) Building new farms is trivial.
A 2ft rise is catastrophic if it happens in a day but not if it happens over 80 years. The IPCC report shows about a 1ft rise from 1900-2000 which no one seemed to notice (other than the engineers whose job it is to deal with). I would expect a 2ft rise this century to be about twice as bad, so not that bad. The Netherlands is proof that this type of thing can be handled with time and engineering.