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West Coast sea levels: New report estimates greater rise by 2100
And with the added fizz from all that CO2 It'll be like a huge champagne reservoir to toast our dominance over nature!
The estimates from the National Research Council, taking advantage of more recent research, range from 19 to 55 inches. The study is expected to become a common frame of reference that coastal communities can use in planning.
If greenhouse-gas emissions continue unabated, the expected additional warming could raise sea levels by up to four or five feet all along the US West Coast by 2100, according to an analysis released Friday by the National Research Council (NRC).
Beyond any real estate permanently inundated, such an increase would bring some $100 billion worth of facilities that currently are high and dry into a new 100-year flood plain, according to previous studies that assumed a comparable increase in sea levels. Those facilities include power plants, airports and seaports, and other big-ticket pieces of infrastructure.
The council, the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, produced the report at the request of the state of California...
And with the added fizz from all that CO2 It'll be like a huge champagne reservoir to toast our dominance over nature!