living on the coasts now will have to move inland in order to avoid it?
2007-04-02 00:52:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
depends on what area of the world you are looking for. If it's 5 feet per year, in the first year, about 100,000,000 people worldwide will have to move inland. over the next few years, it will probably increase by at least a half of that.
best way to minimize the number, STOP GLOBAL WARMING. or at least don't build your house on the beach. please, it poses a huge threat now.
2007-04-02 04:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glogal warming is a very slow process based on the tilt variation of the Eath's poles. The tilts of the poles is the cause of the seasons on Earth. There are two tilts which are critical; one causes an ICE AGE, the other is a HEAT AGE where all vegetation would burn at the intense heat of the Sun. This would produce extreme famine to all humans which had the genes to survive the Global HEAT COOKING TEMPERATURES. The polar ices would most likely disapear.The Antartica may be the cooler place on earth where human would survive.Unless technology would provide special air conditioned suits we can wear to cool off.
The melting ices would not increase the oceans level significantly,Since Icebergs at the poles only displace its own weight would not change the volume of water after melt down.
The ocean levels may be only a problem in low Lands.This would be a very dificult time for the Inhabitants of the earth its really a very gory senario.
2007-04-02 10:00:45 · answer #2 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not count number of persons will vanish, count Countries like Mauritius, which is located just 4-5 meters above sea level, Count Big Cities. Sorry inland is already congested / over populated.
2007-04-02 08:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by manjunath_empeetech 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The projection is about 1 foot over the next 4 centuries or so and not Al Gore's 20 feet in 32 years.
2007-04-02 07:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was an article a while ago in the paper and it had my house on the coast in 70 years time. I live about 3kms from beach at present. All I can think is the selling points if continue living there. Location Location!!!!
2007-04-02 09:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by myself 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using Florida as an example:
If you considered Orlando as the center of the state, Orlando is only 106 feet above sea level.
During high oceanic tide, one of the largest rivers in Florida runs up river rather than towards he ocean.
A few inches of higher oceanic level would flood cities and towns in Florida.
2007-04-02 09:15:51 · answer #6 · answered by ha_mer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see..if the water rises by 5 feet...maximum it should reach till the end of the beach....so in 1km...maximum 100 people may have to move inland.
But the coast line of india is quite long..so lakhs of people will have to move inland.
The coast line of india must me some..3000km or 3500km
and even if you take 150 people per km.
Its around 525000 people...
It may is comparitively a smaller figure to india's population but anyway we have to take measures to minimise global warming
2007-04-02 08:06:28 · answer #7 · answered by Omkar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All low lying areas around the world, will suffer and millions of people will be displaced. The time element in this is still not set in stone.
2007-04-02 08:48:02 · answer #8 · answered by dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋