Indonesia could lose 2,000 of its islands by 2030 if sea levels continue to rise. That's an alarming rate. Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said recently, "Tens of millions of people would have to move out of their homes. There is no way this will happen without conflict"
Just last week, tides burst through sea walls, cutting a key road to Jakarta's international airport until officials were able to reinforce coastal barricades. What can be done?
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2007-12-03 21:42:03 · 8 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Sometimes during La-Nina years water begins to pile up either in the central Pacific and or Indonesia area because of the shift in direction of the trade winds, which causes tides to run higher than normal. Alarmists jump on this short cycle phenomena and use a linear projection to forecast the future, it really sucks when people use phenomena like this to spread their pitifully crude theories about.
2007-12-04 02:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is really happening very fast and some of the poorest people in the world are the most affected. If there were a few incidents of extreme weather conditions then we would assume they were just unusual events but there have been so many and so many other signs that it is foolish to deny it.
For instance the glacial melt in the Himalaya will lead to increased flooding and reduced access to fresh water supplies and could affect one billion people by 2050.
The best estimate of the cost of adaption in affected developing countries is about $24 billion per year.
Oxfam have estimated that 28 countries are responsible and capable of financing this. The US should contribute 40% and EEC 30%. The question is what we have to do to encourage the governments to do this.
2007-12-04 07:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not happening that fast. Indonesia is one of the most geologically unstable areas on the planet. The Earth moves a lot in that area. There are many Earth quakes and volcanoes. There is also a wobble in the rotation of the Earth caused by gravitational forces from other celestial bodies in our solar system that cause the oceans to slosh around. Sea levels will rise in some areas and be lowered in other areas.
2007-12-04 09:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by Larry 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i agree that one has to be careful with what the media says and that a lot of stuff is stirred up just to get attention. yet i'm on charles's side, most people that are extremely affected by the consequences of global warming are the poorest in the world. I guess thats why most people don't really care because they will still be able to sit in their homes with the air condition running driving their stupid cars, not giving a damn about the rest of the world.
is it happening that fast? i think it is, although i understand that there are some natural causes, as well. But anyone that denies that the growing population and all that industrial growth does not have any effect on the planet is simply ignorant. unfortunatly, a lot of people in this section are. get real, people!
2007-12-04 09:53:49 · answer #4 · answered by scarekat 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not happening that fast. I believe it's happening, but in some places the land is sinking beneath the sea even without sealevel rise. Indonesia may or may not be one of those places, I dunno. However, in other parts of the world, sea levels appear to be dropping because land is rising up out of the sea. It has more to do with tectonic plate movement than sea level rise in most places.
2007-12-04 06:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by Rick C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sea levels today are lower than they were 160 years ago.
These "islands" are just sandbars and they do move over time with shifting currents.
2007-12-04 08:07:42 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it is the natural proses of the earth just like we get old so does the earth
2007-12-04 11:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by butterfly 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's going to take billions and billions of years.
2007-12-04 05:55:07 · answer #8 · answered by DCKilla 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋