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To: ketsu
Unless you want beachfront property in Philadelphia.

Care to put a time frame on that?

10 posted on 04/03/2007 10:18:39 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise
Future sea level rise

In 2001, IPCC’s The Third Assessment Report IPCC predicted that by 2100, global warming will lead to a sea level rise of 9 to 88 cm. At that time no significant acceleration in the rate of sea level rise during the 20th century had been detected.[10] Subsequently, Church and White found acceleration of 0.013 ± 0.006 mm/yr².[8]

These sea level rises could lead to difficulties for shore-based communities: for example, many major cities such as London and New Orleans already need storm-surge defenses, and would need more if sea level rose, though they also face issues such as sinking land.[11]

Future sea level rise, like the recent rise, is not expected to be globally uniform (details below). Some regions show a sea level rise substantially more than the global average (in many cases of more than twice the average), and others a sea level fall.[12] However, models disagree as to the likely pattern of sea level change.[13]


11 posted on 04/03/2007 10:21:27 PM PDT by ketsu
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