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California coast ocean level could rise 10 feet in 70 years
The Mercury News ^ | April 30, 2017 | By JULIE CART

Posted on 04/30/2017 8:40:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A slow-moving emergency is lapping at California’s shores – climate-driven sea-level rise that experts now predict could elevate the water in coastal areas up to 10 feet in just 70 years, gobbling up beach front and overwhelming low-lying cities.

The speed with which polar ice is melting and glacier shelves are cracking off indicates to some scientists that once-unthinkable outer-range projections of sea rise may turn out to be too conservative. A knee-buckling new state-commissioned report warns that if nothing changes, California’s coastal waters will rise at a rate 30 to 40 times faster than in the last century.

The potential result: crippled economies, compromised public safety, submerged infrastructure, and a forced retreat from our iconic Pacific coast.

No state has done more than California to curb greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and sea-level rise. But experts say that even if carbon reductions continue, residual warming of the ocean will continue unchecked, breeding surges that will impact the state’s coast and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

A consensus of scientific research makes catastrophic projections that, in the worst case, will be reality by the end of this century

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: climatechange; climategate; globalism; globalwarming; hoax; scientism; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good.


101 posted on 04/30/2017 12:20:07 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: rktman
Didn’t we just “learn” that we only have 10 years to get this under control? Like they said 20 years ago?

Somebody needs to slap them, their needle is stuck!

102 posted on 04/30/2017 12:27:49 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trust not one word from the enemedia, until it can be independently verified!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Doubling down on fake news. The occupation media has to be terminated.


103 posted on 04/30/2017 12:55:41 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
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To: w1andsodidwe

If your in Lodi, you will be under water, you gotta move a little higher into the foothills.
My farm in NorCal is at 3200 feet, I am safe and will be able to go deep sea fishing in the canyons.


104 posted on 04/30/2017 1:00:59 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: BlackbirdSST
🌊. Maybe they meant 70 feet in 10 years. Sounds way more serious that way.
105 posted on 04/30/2017 1:01:32 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“California coast ocean level could fall 10 feet in 70 years.”

Film at 11.


106 posted on 04/30/2017 1:01:57 PM PDT by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: Pollster1
If I had any interest at all in California land, I’d spread this fear and then buy up the cheap land as liberal fools panic.

I'm glad my wife was finally able to sell the ranch she'd inherited in California. It was pretty well up in the mountains, but evidently the buyer is going to end up with beach-front property.

107 posted on 04/30/2017 1:10:52 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (,)
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To: TomGuy

Yeah; as a skier I was pretty pissed off that we did not get our new ice age back in the seventies.
I was promised more snow and ice, what I got was less snow (crappy ski conditions) and higher lift ticket prices.


108 posted on 04/30/2017 1:13:05 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: dearolddad

NAH; only in California, cause were special dontcha know.
Governor POTHEAD MOONBEAM told me so.


109 posted on 04/30/2017 1:17:57 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Jeff Vader

I own 41 acres on Williamson Valley Road by Buffalo Ranch


110 posted on 04/30/2017 1:29:37 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cool.


111 posted on 04/30/2017 1:38:24 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Surf’s Up!


112 posted on 04/30/2017 1:39:51 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So will my rental property in Escondido become beachfront property?
Rents are so much higher with an ocean view.
113 posted on 04/30/2017 1:46:09 PM PDT by RightField
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To: butlerweave
The consensus is that a lot of things COULD happen.

114 posted on 04/30/2017 3:43:21 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well. Then I will buy beachfront in Oregon since it only happens in California.


115 posted on 04/30/2017 4:27:38 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Portcall24

Excellent idea! And they can put the tracks of the high speed train right on top of the sea wall.


116 posted on 04/30/2017 4:29:25 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: JewishRighter

Excellent. Look how we are able to save money for CA! I’ll bet we could come up with other ideas to help them save money...oh wait. They don’t want to save money.


117 posted on 05/01/2017 6:15:37 AM PDT by Portcall24
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