Posted on Friday, 3 February 2012

statelyxanadu: We MAY want to keep an eye on this. capitalnewyork: NEW YORK IS IN DANGER, UNDERWATER: A panel of climate change researchers and scientists say that New York City’s sea level will rise as much as two to five inches in the 2020s, and reach the double digits as early as the 2050s. “I think it’s not understood how serious the situation will be in coastal areas and what the costs will be to society at large,” Professor Klaus Jacob of Columbia’s Earth Institute, a member of the panel, said in an interview. “This will go into any urban area that’s on the coast into tens of billions of dollars.” [Read more]

statelyxanadu:

We MAY want to keep an eye on this.

capitalnewyork:

NEW YORK IS IN DANGER, UNDERWATER: A panel of climate change researchers and scientists say that New York City’s sea level will rise as much as two to five inches in the 2020s, and reach the double digits as early as the 2050s. “I think it’s not understood how serious the situation will be in coastal areas and what the costs will be to society at large,” Professor Klaus Jacob of Columbia’s Earth Institute, a member of the panel, said in an interview. “This will go into any urban area that’s on the coast into tens of billions of dollars.” [Read more]

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    We MAY want to keep an eye on this.
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    NEW YORK IS IN DANGER, UNDERWATER: A panel of climate change researchers and scientists say that New York City’s sea...
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    My town is supposed to be completely underwater in the next 20 years. It’s already lost a half a mile in my lifetime.
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    This is awful, but my question is: Will there...ark? Because if not, I think I’m going to...
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  17. esquared said: another sign of the apocalypse
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    You know that scene in Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade where Dr. Schneider’s hair is full
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