Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sea level rise of more than 3 feet plausible by 2100



Melting glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland may cause sea levels to rise by more than 3 feet by the end of this century. This rise in sea level would force millions of people in low-lying countries such as Bangladesh, swamp atolls in the Pacific Ocean, cause dikes in Holland to fail, and cost coastal mega-cities from New York to Tokyo billions of dollars for construction of sea walls and other tools to stop the tides from coming in. Although there is only a 5% chance of this occurring, it is still a very bad situation. The other 95% is estimated at the sea level rising about 1 foot.

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