flacaltenn
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This isn't even really new. (except to numb nuts deniers)
The Navy and other branches are already aware of Rising Sea Levels, and it has already caused problems.
This from the Union of Concerned Scientists, not just a climate group, but dealing in issuing reports on all disciplines of science.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
Rising seas will increasingly flood many of our coastal military bases.
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas (2016)
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We must prepare for the growing exposure of our military bases to sea level rise.
Naval Station Norfolk—the largest naval installation in the world—is projected to face 4.5 feet to nearly 7 feet of sea level rise this century.
Military bases at risk
18 military installations are included in this analysis. Each location's changing exposure to flooding is projected through the end of the century:
Key findings
- Maine: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- New Jersey: US Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook
- Maryland: US Naval Academy
- Washington, DC: Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and Washington Navy Yard
- Virginia: Joint Base Langley-Eustis | Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex | Naval Station Norfolk
- North Carolina: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
- South Carolina: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
- Georgia: Hunter Army Airfield | Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
- Florida: Naval Air Station Key West | Naval Station Mayport | Eglin Air Force Base
The military is at risk of losing land where vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of its personnel currently exist.
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- By 2050, Most of the installations in this analysis will see more than 10 Times the number of floods they experience today.
- By 2070, Half of the sites could experience 520 or more flood events annually- the equivalent of more than one flood daily.
- [*]By 2100, eight bases are at risk of losing 25% to 50% or more of their land to rising seas.
- Four installations—Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Dam Neck Annex, and Parris Island—are at risk of losing between 75% and 95% of their land by the end of this century.
- Flooding won’t be confined to the bases. Many surrounding communities will also face growing exposure to rising seas......
Take a DEEP breath and let me relieve your immediate urge to panic. The US military was given $BILLS during Obama Admin to make CERTAIN that it hyped all the strategic implications of Climate Change. The Prez even addressed the Coast Guard Academy and told them that CC was one of their BIGGEST MISSIONS !!! Not drug interdiction, not human trafficking, not storm rescues, not ISIS infiltration, not ship safety or cargo --- but Global Warming. And of course -- they obliged the CIC .. .
What did they HAVE to base this on? Well it's the PROJECTION of 4.5 to 7 FEET by 2100 that you UCS article quotes. Do I need to do the math for you? OK --- At 4.5 feet by 2100, that's 0.675"/yr or a WHOPPING 16.54mm/yr !!!!! What has it BEEN since the satellite era came in they started to hide the Tide Gauge measurements?? About 3.2mm/yr... Which means that even for the most OPTIMISTIC estimate --- There soon needs to be rates of rise GREATER THEN 20mm/yr for a PROLONGED time.
Can you do the math for 7 feet by 2100 now? Is your heart rate down just a tad?
If you want to REALLY RELAX -- All this is projected off of CATASTROPHIC melting in Greenland and Antarctica. Greenland maybe a bit. Antarctica is only gonna melt by VOLCANIC action at that rate by 2100..
The GW Crazy Train is off the rails. The fear and doom scenarios are pretty much off the table now that the UN has shut down it's "rent a scientist" IPCC reports. The store is going out of business really. You need to go get panicked over something else.