with the current rate that the oceans are warming up, how long do we have until Arizona is oceanfront property

Answer 1

As a person who does not believe in it(I've heard reports that we were undergoing global cooling instead of global warming about 20-30 years ago- so how can anyone give it credit?), please forgive me in humoring you when i say....

Forget Arizona! When the Ice Caps melt Antarctica or Greenland are the places you want to be! Elevation is going to be high enough to make room for our increasing population.

Answer 2

It will never happen, ESPECIALLY, in our lifetimes. Barring a catastrophic meteor/comet altering the terrain or some other unknown catastrophy it will not happen. Reasons. First, Arizona has an extremely high elevation, at its highest point being 5000+ feet. Second, it is pretty much surrounded by mountains, where it matters. Third, if ALL the ice on the entire planet melted and there was no such thing as humidity and precipitation and underground water, sea levels would still 'only' rise 1000 ft possibly, and still would not reach AZ. Mind you, that included impossibilities. Ice is less dense than water so the amount of area it displaces changes when it melts. The only way arizona would have a chance of becoming the next Miami, is if there was a MAJOR, tectonic occurence where certain areas rise and others fall. Obviously AZ would have to fall... but that would destroy everything as it is. May not be A-list property with all the sewage and toxins pooling around. O well. With tectonic plate shifting, I think AZ could be oceanfront property in several BILLIONS of years, by then the sun would start its dwindle and your property would cease to exist! Isnt that keen. Keep to more probably statistics, like getting hit by a truck and living.

Answer 3

The Greenland Ice shelf is melting faster than anyone expected. As well as he Arctic and the Antarctic Ice caps. I think I've heard that when these melt we'll be looking at over 100 feet of added sea level or 40 feet. This depends on who was talking.
There's just a little bit of Mexico between Arizona and the Gulf of California, but I don't know the elevation of that land.

But as the climate changes, the Gulf steam will change, and the Equatorial areas will likely be unbearably hot, and the pole will go into a deep freeze. Arizona will be really hosed. You think it's hot and dry now? Sell while you can, or listen to the people who brought you 'W', and Iraq, and Haliburton.

This is hard for some to comprehend. It's easy to say it's Al Gore as chicken little. But The scientific evidence is so Strong, that only the foolish will deny all the scientific research from around the world. Al Gore's movie was just a few months ago. The known environmental impacts are already worse than they where last summer.

I think the sky IS falling!!

Answer 4

With an average global sea level rise of 3.2mm a year it’s going to be a VERY long time before the residents of Arizona will benefit from oceanfront properties. It's certainly not something they need worry about for many generations to come.

Answer 5

When it does happen, you will have the state of California living with you, which might take a bit away from the ocean-front paradise you perhaps hoped for.

Answer 6

uh, never.
last time i looked there were mountains to the west of AZ. if they go under water, AZ and pretty much every point east or west will be under water.

Answer 7

next big quake could do it . water is heavier than ice could cause more quake's than what we know what to do with .

Answer 8

I think I heard about a month, but I'm not too sure about that.

Answer 9

You are pretty much going to have to wait forever.