It’s kind of weird how this actually hasn’t had much affect at all on the coastline over the past 10 years. Most places where I can see the sea look exactly the same as a decade ago.
I’m sure there’s some explanation for that, but I was sort of expecting swathes of low-lying houses to be permanently flooded by now
They could maybe think about building walls in the sea off the coast. They could then put windmills and solar panels on them to make the UK even less dependant on fossil fuels. Also they could build locks in the to allow access for shipping. Yes, this will cost a lot. But what will losing 1.5 million homes cost?
>Scientists told the Environmental Audit Committee’s sub-committee on polar research that greenhouse gases have already warmed the atmosphere enough to cause a global sea level rise of between 17.5mm and 52.4mm by 2100.
Could not get the ITV but this is the sky version of the same story.
I am going to be blunt. This is not the kind of thing we need to worry about with climate change. The big issue is food production in the least developed world, that will be what hits first and hardest.
UK tidal range can be up to 5m in a day or 5000mm. Our flooding will mostly come from increased rainfall. There are risks in terms of sea level. The old favourite being the Pine Island and Thwaits glacier complexes in Antarctica being of unknown stability and worry shape.
Chunks of the UK are below sea level now, places like parts of the Fens. It’s manageable but it’ll cost money to manage.
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It’s kind of weird how this actually hasn’t had much affect at all on the coastline over the past 10 years. Most places where I can see the sea look exactly the same as a decade ago.
I’m sure there’s some explanation for that, but I was sort of expecting swathes of low-lying houses to be permanently flooded by now
They could maybe think about building walls in the sea off the coast. They could then put windmills and solar panels on them to make the UK even less dependant on fossil fuels. Also they could build locks in the to allow access for shipping. Yes, this will cost a lot. But what will losing 1.5 million homes cost?
>Scientists told the Environmental Audit Committee’s sub-committee on polar research that greenhouse gases have already warmed the atmosphere enough to cause a global sea level rise of between 17.5mm and 52.4mm by 2100.
[https://news.sky.com/story/flood-risk-warning-for-up-to-1-5-million-homes-as-melting-arctic-ice-set-to-trigger-rising-seas-12983167](https://news.sky.com/story/flood-risk-warning-for-up-to-1-5-million-homes-as-melting-arctic-ice-set-to-trigger-rising-seas-12983167)
Could not get the ITV but this is the sky version of the same story.
I am going to be blunt. This is not the kind of thing we need to worry about with climate change. The big issue is food production in the least developed world, that will be what hits first and hardest.
UK tidal range can be up to 5m in a day or 5000mm. Our flooding will mostly come from increased rainfall. There are risks in terms of sea level. The old favourite being the Pine Island and Thwaits glacier complexes in Antarctica being of unknown stability and worry shape.
Chunks of the UK are below sea level now, places like parts of the Fens. It’s manageable but it’ll cost money to manage.