That will push more than 50% of the population out of 381 LARGE municipalities, resulting in 4,187,262 people losing their hometowns.
THERE IS A FULL LIST OF TOWNS THAT WILL MOST LIKELY DISAPPEAR WITHIN THE NEXT 20-100 YEARS HERE IN AMERICA ON THAT SITE:
http://www.businessinsider.com/1429-towns-destroyed-by-climate-change-2013-8
21 STATES HAVE TOWNS ON THAT LIST AND ALL ARE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY!
THE "DENIERS" ALL OVER AMERICA NEVER SHOW YOU ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING NO SUCH THING AS LAND LOSS FROM RISING SEAS, DO THEY?
THAT'S BECAUSE PHOTOGRAPHS WOULD REVEAL THE TRUTH.
THERE IS PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF OF HOW WE ARE LOSING COASTAL TOWNS IN AMERICA, SO I DECIDED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE.
ALONG BOTH COASTS, AMERICAN TOWNS AND VILLAGES FROM THE TIP OF CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA TO ALASKA AND MAINE ARE GOING UNDERWATER.
IF THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RISING SEA LEVELS, PLEASE TELL THE PEOPLE OF THESE TOWNS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
THEY ARE GONE!
MORE ARE GOING!
FACE IT!
ASK RESIDENTS OF PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS, TO SHOW YOU BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THEIR LAND LOSS.
Sea level rise is accelerating. At some point, our barrier islands will cross a disintegration threshold and begin to disappear.
"CLIMATE CHANGE TAKES A VILLAGE", 12/14/14
The village pictured above of 563 people is located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle, flanked by the Chukchi Sea to the north and an inlet to the south, and it sits atop rapidly melting permafrost.
In the last decades, the village has been falling into the sea.
Older photos of the island show wide, sandy beaches.
"There was a real big beach down there," remembers Nora Kuzuguk, 67. "It was our playground."
Now, those beaches are rapidly disappearing.
ALL ACROSS COASTAL ALASKA, NATIVE VILLAGES ARE BEING INUNDATED, LOST TO THE EVER-RISING SEAS.
GO ASK THE INUIT PEOPLE, ANY OTHER TRIBE THAT HAS BEEN FORCED TO MOVE FROM ANCIENT TRIBAL LANDS!
JUST DON'T CALL THEM LIARS TO THEIR FACES.
THAT MIGHT ANGER THEM.
THEY'RE THERE, YOU ARE NOT!
ALL ACROSS COASTAL ALASKA, NATIVE VILLAGES ARE BEING INUNDATED, LOST TO THE EVER-RISING SEAS.
GO ASK THE INUIT PEOPLE, ANY OTHER TRIBE THAT HAS BEEN FORCED TO MOVE FROM ANCIENT TRIBAL LANDS!
JUST DON'T CALL THEM LIARS TO THEIR FACES.
THAT MIGHT ANGER THEM.
THEY'RE THERE, YOU ARE NOT!
NORTH CAROLINA HAD TO MOVE ITS FAMOUS CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE FURTHER INLAND, AWAY FROM THE ENCROACHING ATLANTIC IN 1999. NOW, THEY WONDER IF THEY MOVED IT FAR ENOUGH.
Coastal lands all along the North Carolina's Outer Banks and even further inland are experiencing, first-hand, the rising sea levels across the globe.
"There was a whole development out here, on the seaward side of this house, that had already gone to sea before they started Mirlo Beach.”
There’s not much dispute these days, up and down the coast, about whether the ocean is rising. The question is: How high will it go here, and how fast?
YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT NORTH CAROLINA'S SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING MAPS HERE:
http://plan.risingsea.net/North_Carolina.html
THE USGS CAN TELL YOU ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE.ALL ALONG AMERICA'S COASTS:
"Cities in the hotspot, like Norfolk, New York, and Boston already experience damaging floods during relatively low intensity storms," said Dr. Asbury (Abby) Sallenger, USGS oceanographer and project lead. "Ongoing accelerated sea level rise in the hotspot will make coastal cities and surrounding areas increasingly vulnerable
ASK THE STATE OF FLORIDA IF IT IS EXPERIENCING SEA LEVEL RISE AND THEY WILL ANSWER A RESOUNDING YES!
I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVED THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
ASK THE STATE OF FLORIDA IF IT IS EXPERIENCING SEA LEVEL RISE AND THEY WILL ANSWER A RESOUNDING YES!
I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVED THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
MIAMI IS ALREADY SEEING THE SEA CAUSING DOWNTOWN FLOODING AFTER EVEN MILD STORMS, SOMETHING THEY DID NOT SEE EVEN 25 YEARS AGO.
Las Olas Isles and Riviera Isles, two communities on the east side of Fort Lauderdale, are also seeing the same flooding.
Las Olas Isles and Riviera Isles, two communities on the east side of Fort Lauderdale, are also seeing the same flooding.
Cindy Minnix wades through a flooded Miami street to get a bus
There is a video/slide show at the link below showing the threat to the Florida Keys:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/florida-keys-sea-level-rise_n_3532643.html
There is a video/slide show at the link below showing the threat to the Florida Keys:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/florida-keys-sea-level-rise_n_3532643.html
Miami has seen protesters take to the streets because it looks like the City Managers just aren't doing enough to suit them when their streets flood at an ever-increasing rate.
On Big Pine Key, one of the chain's largest and most environmentally diverse islands, you can already see changes brought on by the accelerating sea level rise.
A spot not far from the island's coast used to be a pine forest. Now, it's tidal wetlands — home to a few salt-tolerant plant species and the desiccated remnants of the old forest.
Chris Bergh described some of the changes brought on by the rising sea level.
"In the long run, the sea will cover the Florida Keys, no matter what we do," said Bergh. "The question is, how long is it going to take."
"Our map of the area vulnerable to 27 inches of sea level rise looks like someone took a razor to the state right above Miami and sliced off everything below that," said Frank Ackerman, a senior economist at the Stockholm Environment Institute.
Chris Bergh described some of the changes brought on by the rising sea level.
"In the long run, the sea will cover the Florida Keys, no matter what we do," said Bergh. "The question is, how long is it going to take."
"Our map of the area vulnerable to 27 inches of sea level rise looks like someone took a razor to the state right above Miami and sliced off everything below that," said Frank Ackerman, a senior economist at the Stockholm Environment Institute.
SHOULD WE LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE?
SHOULD WE BELIEVE OUR EYES?
OR, SHOULD WE JUST PRETEND IT'S ALL A "COCK-AND-BULL STORY"?
IT WILL BE A COSTLY NIGHTMARE AS FLORIDIANS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON COASTAL PROPERTY, PROPERTY THAT IS FALLING GREATLY IN VALUE BECAUSE OF RISING SEAS.
SAME SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA , WASHINGTON STATE AND OREGON
Humboldt Bay, California, will show you just how much rising sea levels are impacting their area.
DON'T BELIEVE THEM? THEY ONLY LIVE THERE AND SEE THE WATER RISING.
YOU DON'T.
Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating.
As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it warms; and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets is flowing into the ocean. Sea-level rise poses enormous risks to the valuable infrastructure, development, and wetlands that line much of the 1,600 mile shoreline of California, Oregon, and Washington.
As those states seek to incorporate projections of sea-level rise into coastal planning, they asked the National Research Council to make independent projections of sea-level rise along their coasts for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, taking into account regional factors that affect sea level.
LOOKS LIKE COASTAL PLANNERS BELIEVE THEIR EYES!
THE ABOVE PHOTO IS FROM 2012 WHEN A CALIFORNIA COASTAL HIGHWAY CRUMBLED NEAR BIG SUR.
THE PACIFIC CLAIMING ANOTHER OCEANFRONT PROPERTY IN OREGON
OREGON HOMEOWNERS HOPE AGAINST HOPE TO SAVE THEIR COASTAL HOMES.
ALONG THE OREGON COAST, HIGHWAYS HAVE ALSO CRUMBLED FROM RISING SEA LEVELS, EROSION BY THE ENCROACHING PACIFIC CLAIMING MORE LAND EACH DAY.
RECENT ESTIMATES ARE THAT 33% OF OREGON'S BEACHES ARE LOSING TO SEA LEVEL RISE.
[ Full PDF here: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/download/79045/76411] A detailed report on the loss of Oregon's estuaries and coastal lands can be found here:
http://occri.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/chapter6ocar.pdf]
KEEP IN MIND SUCH REPORTS ARE PREPARED FOR AND BY THOSE WHO LIVE THERE, NOT BY THOSE WHO DON'T.
COASTAL LOUISIANA, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS IS STEADILY LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST THE SEA.
KEEP IN MIND SUCH REPORTS ARE PREPARED FOR AND BY THOSE WHO LIVE THERE, NOT BY THOSE WHO DON'T.
COASTAL LOUISIANA, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS IS STEADILY LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST THE SEA.
IT IS A MATTER OF EXTREME URGENCY FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
ASK ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY LIVES THERE, IF YOU...DON'T.
SEA WATER IS CREEPING INTO CEMETERIES FROM GRAND ISLE TO NEW ORLEANS PROPER.
HURRICANE KATRINA WASHED HUNDREDS OF COFFINS OUT TO SEA ALL ALONG LOUISIANA'S COAST.
BUT IT ISN'T JUST AMERICA, IT'S A GLOBAL PROBLEM, SEEN EVERYWHERE THERE IS AN OCEANFRONT.
TOO LATE: Bryony Nierop-Reading turned down a government offer to buy her cliffside property in Happisburgh, England, on the North Sea; since then, storm damage from the rising North Sea has cost her her home and a big chunk of her lot. REUTERS/Alister Doyle
Sea levels have risen an average of 8 inches globally over the past century, and people living on the North Sea can show you how much they have already lost as the sea closes in.
PACIFIC ISLANDERS WILL SHOW YOU HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE LOSING THEIR BATTLES AGAINST RISING SEA LEVELS.
KIRIBATI IS A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND NATION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
President Anote Tong has predicted his country will likely become uninhabitable in 30 to 60 years
His nation is being reclaimed by the sea.
KIRIBATI IS A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND NATION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
President Anote Tong has predicted his country will likely become uninhabitable in 30 to 60 years
His nation is being reclaimed by the sea.
ADD THE MALDIVES
The Maldives is the world’s lowest-lying country, with more than 80 percent of its scattered islands less than one meter above sea level.
It will be one of the first nations submerged.
In 2009, then-President Mohamed Nasheed (the subject of a documentary called “The Island President” that deals with the subject of climate change) staged a cabinet meeting underwater to raise awareness about the future of the country if anthropogenic global warming was left unchecked.
This archipelago in the Indian Ocean is not alone in gradually drowning: as many as 1,500 of Indonesia’s islands could be underwater by 2050.
To all Pacific Islanders, rising seas pose a threat to their “entire way of life” ,or as a U.S. cabinet member said: it was “perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.”
The Maldives is the world’s lowest-lying country, with more than 80 percent of its scattered islands less than one meter above sea level.
It will be one of the first nations submerged.
In 2009, then-President Mohamed Nasheed (the subject of a documentary called “The Island President” that deals with the subject of climate change) staged a cabinet meeting underwater to raise awareness about the future of the country if anthropogenic global warming was left unchecked.
This archipelago in the Indian Ocean is not alone in gradually drowning: as many as 1,500 of Indonesia’s islands could be underwater by 2050.
To all Pacific Islanders, rising seas pose a threat to their “entire way of life” ,or as a U.S. cabinet member said: it was “perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.”
Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands, Tony de Brum recently expressed concern that Australia risks going backwards on climate change under the new government.
“We are having difficulty understanding Australia’s climate change policies and their new environmental regime. We don’t understand what they are thinking…It is as if our big brother doesn’t understand us. The same message is going to Australia from other countries in the Pacific forum. Little brother is saying, ‘Big brother should get up and smell the flowers.’”
“We are having difficulty understanding Australia’s climate change policies and their new environmental regime. We don’t understand what they are thinking…It is as if our big brother doesn’t understand us. The same message is going to Australia from other countries in the Pacific forum. Little brother is saying, ‘Big brother should get up and smell the flowers.’”
Will Australia also turn its back if islands drown and newly stateless Pacific islanders come knocking?
Climate Refugees
As the sea overwhelms islands, people with no option but to retreat to higher ground in their home countries will need refuge.
Migration is a measure of last resort, but all nations need to realize how many will be forced to find new homes as theirs become inundated and uninhabitable.
AND SO, ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE DENIED RISING SEA LEVELS, YOU MUST HAVE FAILED TO GO LOOK FOR YOURSELVES, OR TO GO TO THE PEOPLE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS OUR PLANET, WHO FACE THE FACTS EACH DAY.
IF YOU REFUSE TO BELIEVE THEM, BELIEVE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER FOR YOU...NOT IN ANY WAY.
I COULD SIT HERE AND POST THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS OF CRUMBLING COASTLINES, INUNDATED VILLAGES/TOWNS, BUT THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT, EVEN FOR HARD-CORE "DENIERS".
PUT YOURSELVES IN AN OF THESE PHOTOS, STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE SEA...
THEN WHAT?
THEN WHAT?
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OTHER SUGGESTED READING:
"The work of Levermann et al. stands out for matching physical models with evidence of ancient sea-level responses to temperature and for focusing on the amount of sea-level rise rather than its more elusive rate. (In a loose analogy, it is trivial to predict a pile of ice in a warm room will all melt, but demanding to predict the exact rates over time.) This tactic was key to their multifaceted effort, which addressed thermal expansion of warming oceans, melting glaciers, and mass loss from …"
~http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/27/ozy-climate-change-small-countries/2882835/
It's not just small islands, of course. Later this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the largest worldwide monitor, is expected to announce that coastal cities will drown by 2100, absent serious reductions in carbon emissions. The United States will likely see its first climate refugees well before that — perhaps as soon as 2017, when the sea may wash away native communities in Alaska and the Marshall Islands.
~http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/27/ozy-climate-change-small-countries/2882835/
It's not just small islands, of course. Later this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the largest worldwide monitor, is expected to announce that coastal cities will drown by 2100, absent serious reductions in carbon emissions. The United States will likely see its first climate refugees well before that — perhaps as soon as 2017, when the sea may wash away native communities in Alaska and the Marshall Islands.
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