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Question

I found these maps on world flooding in 20-40years. Due to rising sea levels ( down to global warming - not necessarily from carbon polution)
Most of the good cities are gone :(
the main cities submerged are in white.

http://vrstudio.buffalo.edu/~depape/warming/World100-8190.jpg

http://vrstudio.buffalo.edu/~depape/warming/Europe100-6000.jpg

Is there any way of coastal defense that can stop it?

Answer 1

no there is not...

Answer 2

Surprisingly there is still an icecap on Greenland and a huge landlocked lake in Australia on these maps. So are a straight overlay of anywhere below a certain level today.
Sea levels will rise, but other effects may kick in and this kind of map is produced to scare. It probably wont work like that, levels will rise and erode back some areas and defenses will be attempted in others.
I would say estimate a 5m rise over the next 50-75 years and not the state seen on your references.

Answer 3

the Intergovernmental Policy report on Climate Change ( IPCC) is the recent report from a UN backed convocation of top world scientists.

It is considered the end all be all report for those believing in climate change.

The report says the WORST scenario in 20 years is:

one and a half foot of sea level rise.

Any map that shows a 50 or 100 foot rise in sea level is science fiction ; it shows what COULD happen. You could also make a map of where the tsunami would reach if the Moon fell into the Atlantic.

If the people making this map are saying that there will be more than a20 foot rise in sea level, well, they are scare mongering or trolling for grant money.The fact that they will terrorize underinformed folks while trying to line their pockets is despicable.

Now if the Greenland ice cap or the West Antarctic Ice sheet melts, then a 20 foot rise is possible........l

Answer 4

I don't think there is a way to prevent the harms to the coastal areas. Risisngs of sea levels is a terrible thing these days. Because of global warming ice mountains melt down and the sea level increases. Due to this there could be terrilbe damages for the small islands around the sea.

Answer 5

based on the international Warming Scare - that would propose dying and destruction everywhere. not extra ny, la, or the different beach city. For some reason the proportion of soften from the Ice caps does no longer fill interior the aspects of beginning place (ice caps) yet could by some ability improve the levels someplace else without internet consequence on the poles.

Answer 6

This map is assuming a rise in sea level of at least 100 meters! I consider this figure to be rather excessive. A rise in sea level of around 1- 3 meters by 2100 is much more realistic.

Even so, this kind of sea level rise would still put many low lying cities and areas at risk, such as Miami, New Orleans, New york, Venice, Sydney, Stockholm, Calcutta, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, Singapore, St. Petersburg, Buenos Aires, etc.

Answer 7

The only defence is to harass environMENTAL vandals like Bush and try and force them to make real attempts to change the way our nations and people do things. The results of our failure to act swiftly are too devastating to block them like the Netherlands has done to date.

Answer 8

theres no way to defend against it because its not gonna happen the scientist that are saying this are just trying to get grants so if there is nothing for people to be afraid of they get no money what happen to the hole in the ozone lair did it close it self what about acid rain that was gonna destroy all crops and starve the world i remember when i was in school the scientist where talking about a second ice age they just guess at **** to get grant money its called junk science try a little experiment get a glass put some ice in it then put water in it mark the water level let the ice melt then check the level it will be down cause when water freezes it expands so in 10 years its gonna be something different

Answer 9

Walk more.

Give your Hummer driving freinds the guilt trip.

Invest in reuseable grocery bags.

Take the Bus/Trolley.

Sweat more, refrigerate less.

Answer 10

no because to what i know its gradual and ppl dont notice gradual stuff until its too late.....so we re doomed unless we do something.....

Answer 11

NOPE

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