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The British Isles form a big protection block for the country from the worst weather coming form the ocean. Also, if the sea level rise is caused by ice meltin
by radicalbyte 7y ago
The British Isles form a big protection block for the country from the worst weather coming form the ocean.
Also, if the sea level rise is caused by ice melting on the North Pole the rises will be countered considerably by the earth's crust rising due to the mass being removed from it.
Sea level rises are scary - and are part of the reason I don't live in Amsterdam / Utrecht / Rotterdam - but that shouldn't be the thing to scare us.
Food shortages and the wars this will fuel will be a problem long before the sea causes the dykes to fail (and my assumption is that said dykes are part of what makes The Netherlands almost impossible to defend).
- jacquesm 7y agoIt's a mixed blessing. They also allow water to pool in the channel because it can't really flow out fast enough. And contrary to what you say the dikes are part of the defenses of the country. The Spanish had an interesting experience to that effect.