I thought of this after watching the movie: Sinking of Japan.
2007-06-12 01:53:20 · 8 answers · asked by black_corolla2003 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
As with the movie it is fiction
In releality here are the scientictic findings
Effects of Atmospheric Temperature Rise
* Higher sea level
Higher temperatures on the earth cause sea water to expand with heat and glaciers to melt, raising the sea level year after year. A 2 increase in earth's average temperature is expected to raise the sea level by about 50 cm (minimum: about 15 cm, maximum: about 95 cm). A higher sea level intensifies erosion on natural beaches, with particularly serious impact on sandy beaches. It is estimated that a sea level rise of 50 cm would result in the disappearance of about 70% of the sandy beaches in Japan. A sea level rise of 1 meter would swallow about 90% of the sandy beaches in Japan and 100% of the sandy beaches in Osaka Prefecture.
As well, a sea level rise of 1 meter would result in a 2.7-fold increase in land below high tide and a 2.1-fold increase in density of inhabitants on the remaining land. Elsewhere in the world, 80% of some parts of the Marshall Islands and 18% of Bangladesh will be inundated. The percentage of land that will submerge may vary from country to country, but on the whole those living on lowlands will lose their homes and become refugees.
2007-06-12 02:04:02 · answer #1 · answered by Benj 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a wonderful science fiction story about a guy who calculates that on a particular day an earthquake is going to split the San Andrea Fault and one side will disappear into the sea. Other people at work peek at his work and nobody shows up at the Lab on the west side of the fault, which he barely notices. After the shaking, he goes and looks and the entire USA east of the fault is now water and he says - Oh darn, I got the sign wrong.
Neither the west edge of California or Japan is going to sink - not in any human time frame.
2007-06-12 08:59:29 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How can it sink when all those Giant Robots are holding up the island?
2007-06-12 08:56:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nah
2007-06-14 07:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by ~Flana (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ Pudding~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely, so I'd say no.
Land masses have been known to gradually break apart into seperate land masses, though.
2007-06-12 09:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by twitchddragyn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it is not a floatingplatform
2007-06-12 11:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-06-12 08:55:00 · answer #7 · answered by q6656303 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, for now..
2007-06-12 09:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by liviaomgwtf. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋