Posted on 03/27/2007 5:44:03 PM PDT by mfnorman
LONDON (AP) - More than two-thirds of the world's large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a new study released Wednesday.
In all, 634 million people live in the threatened coastal areas worldwide—defined as those lying at less than 33 feet above sea level—and the number is growing, said the study published in the journal Environment and Urbanization.
More than 180 countries have populations in low-elevation coastal zones, and about 70 percent of those have urban areas of more than 5 million people that are under threat. Among them: Tokyo; New York; Mumbai, India; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The peer-reviewed scientific study said it is the first to identify the world's low-lying coastal areas that are vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels. It said 75 percent of all people living in vulnerable areas are in Asia, with poorer nations most at risk.
The study gives no time frame for rising sea levels or the potential flooding in individual countries. It warns, however, the solution to the problem will not be cheap and may involve relocating many people and building protective engineering structures. And, it adds, nations should consider halting or reducing population growth in coastal areas.
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The sea isn't rising, THE LAND IS SINKING!
And the seas are supposively rising at a rate of less than 1 inch per decade. So in about 4000 years all those people are doomed.
Tell it to the Dutchmen.
ah yes,.... more eldritch eldolon from the Eco-NUTZ
Does this mean I may at some point own ocean front property?
Where's the pic of "We're DOOMED!"
Yes, you may. It's not that difficult.
You should first find a seller, then negotiate an acceptable price, then execute a contract to purchase the land.
;->
Only one way to solve this problem. We need to stop putting our carbon boot prints on the Earth and instead plant them on Al Gore's butt in the form of some good kicks.
The sky is falling!
I'm sending off letters to the owners of choice waterfront estates offering them $10 per acre for their soon to be worthless properties.
Actually the coastline changes all the time. On the gulf coast of Texas at Surfside every time there is a bad storm some more beach houses can fall into the sea. It is a dynamic earth. In Calif. we have earthquakes. Catalina Island is moving two inches a year.
A stable unchanging climate means a dead earth.
Amsterdam, Holland! Ever hear of it??????
Luckily, my foundation is at 35 feet.
Perhaps they can shore up the shores using all the BS they are throwing around. Have they not heard of recycling?
Of course it does. It always has.
But you can help stop it! Click now and you also get... a set of ginsu steak knives at NO EXTRA COST!
Everybody on the band wagon! Is this nucklehead related to Big Al?
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