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Putting up barriers won't stop the water rising. And the vast majority of small island nations won't be able to afford to wall off their entire landmass
by peterashford 6y ago
Putting up barriers won't stop the water rising. And the vast majority of small island nations won't be able to afford to wall off their entire landmass
- dodobirdlord 6y agoAs mentioned above, places with porous geology that have low elevation even well inland are not salvageable. And the vast majority of small island nations don’t contain very many people. It seems like the goalposts are being moved here from “sea level rise is an existential threat to human civilization” to “sea level rise will disrupt the way of life of some people”.