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>This worldview implies abandoning all coastal cities and several entire countries, correct? Over hundreds of years, yes. Some of the biggest cities in the wo
by rhino369 7y ago
>This worldview implies abandoning all coastal cities and several entire countries, correct?
Over hundreds of years, yes. Some of the biggest cities in the world didn't exist 200 years ago or were small villages.
I lived on land that was under Lake Michigan 100 years ago.
It'll change the world for sure, but that won't kill us off. The change is too slow.
- graeme 7y agoHundreds of years? Faster than that. If we just keep burning carbon we'll warm faster than IPCC predictions. Most forecasts assume we decrease. We'd probably lose Boston, New York, San Francisco and Miami this century, or at least chunks of them. It's not just where the waterline is either: what matters is where the water goes in storm surges. Most current coastal cities would be unliveable within a 100 years I think, if we keep on burning carbon and do "mitigation" only, as OP suggested.