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The obvious connection to the climate crisis is that global warming is causing ice to melt and thus sea levels to rise. Rising seas are catastrophic for buildi

The obvious connection to the climate crisis is that global warming is causing ice to melt and thus sea levels to rise. Rising seas are catastrophic for buildings and infrastructure in low-lying coastal areas, which because of its geography Florida has more of than anywhere else in the US. The world is on the way to becoming uninhabitable for modern human civilization, and we're the cause. It happens that the majority of humanity lives in coastal areas that will be put underwater by the amount of sea level rise that's going to happen by the end of this century at current rates of warming. The current retreats from the most vulnerable areas in Florida are just a tiny, tiny taste to come of the massive climate refugeeism that is on the horizon. It's not hysteria, this is what is going to happen unless we make massive changes.

BurningFrog 7y ago
I looked it up, and current sea level rise is around 3mm/year, which adds up to a foot per century. More than I thought, but hardly a non outrunnable flood. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html
- EdwardDiego 7y ago
  Did you ignore the rest of the link you posted by mistake? > Higher sea levels mean that deadly and destructive storm surges push farther inland than they once did, which also means more frequent nuisance flooding. Disruptive and expensive, nuisance flooding is estimated to be from 300 percent to 900 percent more frequent within U.S. coastal communities than it was just 50 years ago. The mean sea level rising isn't out-runnable, but the storm events can be. And also: > Sea level rise at specific locations may be more or less than the global average due to local factors such as land subsidence from natural processes and withdrawal of groundwater and fossil fuels, changes in regional ocean currents, and whether the land is still rebounding from the compressive weight of Ice Age glaciers. Again, all from your own link.
  - BurningFrog 7y ago
    > Did you ignore the rest of the link you posted by mistake? No I intentionally read all of it. But you knew that :) > The mean sea level rising isn't out-runnable, but the storm events can be. Some low lying areas should probably be abandoned. My point is just that it happens very slowly, and can be planned for. I also suspect some of that increase is because of bigger populations living near the coast. > Sea level rise at specific locations may be more or less than the global average This is true regardless of climate change. Some land rises, other sink.
- jfim 7y ago
  That page also mentions that the rate is accelerating, so the trend isn't linear. What may be a foot per century in a linear trend might be significantly more in an exponential trend.
- CydeWeys 7y ago
  There are non-linear feedback cycles at play here, plus our emissions of greenhouse-causing gases are still increasing as well. The sea level rise is currently on track to continue increasing every year, with a total of a lot greater than a foot by end of century.

BurningFrog 7y ago

I looked it up, and current sea level rise is around 3mm/year, which adds up to a foot per century. More than I thought, but hardly a non outrunnable flood. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html

EdwardDiego 7y ago
Did you ignore the rest of the link you posted by mistake? > Higher sea levels mean that deadly and destructive storm surges push farther inland than they once did, which also means more frequent nuisance flooding. Disruptive and expensive, nuisance flooding is estimated to be from 300 percent to 900 percent more frequent within U.S. coastal communities than it was just 50 years ago. The mean sea level rising isn't out-runnable, but the storm events can be. And also: > Sea level rise at specific locations may be more or less than the global average due to local factors such as land subsidence from natural processes and withdrawal of groundwater and fossil fuels, changes in regional ocean currents, and whether the land is still rebounding from the compressive weight of Ice Age glaciers. Again, all from your own link.
- BurningFrog 7y ago
  > Did you ignore the rest of the link you posted by mistake? No I intentionally read all of it. But you knew that :) > The mean sea level rising isn't out-runnable, but the storm events can be. Some low lying areas should probably be abandoned. My point is just that it happens very slowly, and can be planned for. I also suspect some of that increase is because of bigger populations living near the coast. > Sea level rise at specific locations may be more or less than the global average This is true regardless of climate change. Some land rises, other sink.
jfim 7y ago
That page also mentions that the rate is accelerating, so the trend isn't linear. What may be a foot per century in a linear trend might be significantly more in an exponential trend.
CydeWeys 7y ago
There are non-linear feedback cycles at play here, plus our emissions of greenhouse-causing gases are still increasing as well. The sea level rise is currently on track to continue increasing every year, with a total of a lot greater than a foot by end of century.