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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (91099)	12/7/2006 10:43:01 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 361441

You truly don't have a clue about the nonsense you are blabbering, do you? 10 million people in Bangladesh live within 3 feet of sea level. There are half a million Pacific Islanders at risk. Will NZ take the other 4, like Tuvalu? 2 out of 3 people in the world live within 50 miles of the coast. More than 100 million people live on land within one meter (three feet) of sea level. Some island countries such as the Seychelles off the East Coast of Africa are mostly less than one meter above sea level. It is estimated that a rise of 1 meter would put half of the land of Bangladesh underwater. seed.slb.com 30 meters more sea levels images.google.com 80 meters ==== Along relatively flat coastlines, such as those of the Atlantic, or coastlines bordering fertile, highly populated river deltas, a 1 mm rise in sea level causes a shoreline retreat of about 1.5 meters. We are already seeing evidence of shoreline retreat in the U.S.: Along the marshy Gulf Coast of Florida, the effects of sea level rise can be observed in the number of dead cabbage palms at the seaward edge of the salt marsh. Along the Atlantic Coast of the USA, erosion is narrowing beaches and washing out vacation houses. As sea level rises and coastal communities continue to grow and pump water from aquifers, salt water intrusion into groundwater will become a greater problem. Land of some island nations is being submerged under water. Low-lying Pacific island nations will be inundated or the rising sea level will invade their drinking water aquifers. Tuvalu comprises nine coral atolls between Australia and Hawaii. Their highest point is 5 meters (15 feet) above seal level. As sea level has risen, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding. Saltwater intrusion is adversely affecting drinking water and food production. Tuvalu's leaders predict that the nation will be submerged in 50 years. In March 2002, the country's prime minister appealed to Australia and New Zealand to provide homes for his people if his country is washed away, but the plight of this nation is being ignored. Other threatened island nations include the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands. During the last decade, the island of Majuro (Marshall Islands) has lost up to 20 per cent of its beachfront. The near future could see millions of "climate refugees." In addition to island nations, low-lying coastal countries are threatened by rising sea level. A 1 meter rise in sea level would inundate half of Bangladesh's rice land. Bangladeshis would be forced to migrate by the millions. Other rice growing lowlands which would be flooded include those of Viet Nam, China, India and Thailand. Millions of climate refugees could be created by sea level rise in the Philippines, Indonesia and Egypt. actionbioscience.org ===== Extreme weather caused flooding in southern China in 2005 A leading Hong Kong think-tank has released the first study examining the likely impact of climate change on Hong Kong and the Pearl River delta. The Civic Exchange study concludes that even small water-level rises combined with extreme weather could cause flooding across the low-lying delta. Message 23041390 ============= Another map, one and 3 meters...can't reproduce it. img.timeinc.net ============== "Aquaculture would have a LOT of scope with shallow seas everywhere." As long as the beasties can take hot, acid water. ================ Pretty much everything you think you know is wrong,. You need to do a lot of homework. Start here... npr.org Oh, and don't forget the additional sea level rise due to thermal expansion.