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Its pretty much been established that rising sea levels are already baked in and irreversible even if we stopped producing greenhouse gasses today; and that the coasts will be profoundly affected. In particular, the Rolling Stone published an article recently writing off the city of Miami as a lost cause that will be gone by the end of the century:
Seems like other cities that I have heard mentioned that are particularly at risk include New York, New Orleans, and Charleston.
How will sea level rise affect your city?
New York is probably screwed, and my favorite spots along the Jersey Shore are most definitely (especially knowing what Sandy did to them - forget a rising ocean). As far as my town, I live in Union County, NJ, smack in the middle of the county, and we are kind of considered coastal but are protected by Staten Island, Hudson County, then more extensively, Long Island and I guess Manhattan, so they would be wiped out before us I am assuming. But I would suddenly nearly have beachfront property if the oceans rose that much, I assume.
Its pretty much been established that rising sea levels are already baked in and irreversible even if we stopped producing greenhouse gasses today; and that the coasts will be profoundly affected. In particular, the Rolling Stone published an article recently writing off the city of Miami as a lost cause that will be gone by the end of the century:
If nothing changes (no one makes any preparations for the rise in sea level), then I see the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region faltering because most of those cities would be underwater, except for Philly maybe. The Midwest and South get stronger because most of their major cities are off the coast. Established cities like Minneapolis, KC, Pittsburgh, Dallas, SA, and Atlanta get stronger, while the flooded cities have to rebuild. Not sure what happens to Seattle, SF, Chicago, or LA, depends on how high the water rises. New Orleans, Honolulu, and Miami pretty much become Atlantis. Orlando becomes the only major city in Florida, if Florida still exists.
A few residential neighborhoods of the suburban West Seattle would be affected by rising sea levels, but most of Seattle including Downtown is built well above sea level on what is similar to a steep hill and will never be affected by sea level rise.
Los Angeles might lose its beaches, but there's quite a bit of space between the coast and any human developments. The main issue for LA/Southern California will be its industry/shipping which will be affected by sea level rise.
Portions of NYC will inevitably be at high risk for being underwater in the next 100 years.
Miami and New Orleans might as well start erecting a glass bubble around the city.
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