What Could Disappear
Posted by
cypresstx on 11/26/2012, 7:21 am
I found the link to this from a weather blog called WeatherNation
What Could Disappear. The New York Times teamed up with Climate Central and USGS to create an interactive map that shows how coastal U.S. cities would be impacted by rising sea levels: "Maps show coastal and low-lying areas that would be permanently flooded, without engineered protection, in three levels of higher seas. Percentages are the portion of dry, habitable land within the city limits of places listed that would be permanently submerged."
Select sea level rise over current level:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/24/opinion/sunday/what-could-disappear.html?ref=sunday
Notes: These maps are based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey and tidal level data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Maps show the extent of potential flooding relative to local high tide.
The 25-foot sea level rise is based on a 2012 study in the journal Science, which augmented findings from a 2009 Nature study. They found that 125,000 years ago - a period that may have been warmer than today but cooler than what scientists expect later this century without sharp pollution cuts - the seas were about 20 to 30 feet higher than today. If temperatures climb as expected in this century, scientists believe it would take centuries for seas to rise 20 to 30 feet as a result, because ice sheet decay responds slowly to warming.
By BADEN COPELAND, JOSH KELLER and BILL MARSH
Sources: Remik Ziemlinski, Climate Central; U.S. Geological Survey; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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