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I wish they said what the timescales they were projecting over are; without that, the images aren't really useful except to convince people that didn't need con
by elihu 5y ago
I wish they said what the timescales they were projecting over are; without that, the images aren't really useful except to convince people that didn't need convincing in the first place. Even a moderately skeptical person is likely to be turned off by non-specific alarmism. ("This building will be underwater in the future" is less helpful than "this building will be underwater if not protected due to X feet of sea level rise projected by 20YZ".)
However, sea level rise may well be a serious problem even in the relatively near term. Climate.gov projects 1 meter of sea rise by about 2050 in the worst case and about 2100 in a moderate-emissions scenario. I don't know how many of those buildings are in low-lying areas that would be affected by 1 meter of rise, but I figure most of those buildings are going to still be around. Climate.gov doesn't project further than 2100, but it's pretty clear from the graph that the long-term trends out to 2200 and 2300 and so on are probably not good.
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/...