Simulation of China's coastal cities, underwater

[FixedGear]

Pretty neat graphics in this article showing sea level rise effects on coastal cities in China. e.g., 77% of Shanghai's population underwater by 2100.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/11/world/asia/Chinas-Coastal-Cities-Underwater.html

[roopi]

Same problem exists in B.C.

http://thetyee.ca/News/2006/11/07/Immersed/
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/climate-blog/2011/05/sinking-beneath-the-seas/

[ExtraSlow]

Any anywhere on the coast of an ocean:dunno:
Don't buy land in Florida or Louisiana

[phreezee]

Awesome, think of all the jobs created to rebuild...

David Suzuki is trying to save his 4 houses.

Left fear mongering to steal more of your money.

[ExtraSlow]

Can't wait until Abbostford is a coastal town.

[rage2]

If we can make sea level rise by around 3700ft, it'll be a better investment to own a home than to rent in Calgary.

[ExtraSlow]

Originally posted by rage2
If we can make sea level rise by around 3700ft, it'll be a better investment to own a home than to rent in Calgary. I'd like to see the map of that new landmass!

[msommers]

The reality is that will never actually happen to China's coast. We'll see Great Wall of China 2.0 before any flooding of that scale occurs.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Let's see a simulation of men walking on Venus because that's likely to happen first....

[Modelexis]

Pretty soon they will have a simulation of Janet Yellen raising interest rates.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Christian@IE]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


The Tyee and David Suzuki... Sounds like a sure thing!

Find a link for Greenpeace and you have a perfect trifecta of environmentalist garbage!


Some of the feedback mechanisms mentioned by Overpeck and Otto-Bliesner have started showing up already. The most common example of a feedback loop is the simple solar absorption model. Ice reflects more solar radiation and heat than water, so as the sea ice melts and more surface area is covered by water, more heat and light is absorbed. The increased absorption warms the water, which directly melts more water-based ice, and indirectly contributes to greater land-based ice loss, creating a cycle of warming that quickly takes off.

The above quote from The Tyee article makes sense to me. Can someone debunk this theory?

[FixedGear]

He can't debunk it, he doesn't even understand it. I think his last attempt was something about how he doesn't think scientists consider glacier melt, or something silly and irrelevant like that. He is intent on promoting stupidity among the populace - best to just ignore him.

[Sugarphreak]

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[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Didn't we have a record level for sea ice last year :dunno:

How could that be possible with this catastrophic "feedback" loop. :rofl:

No, it is 100% settled science that more ice = less ice. Stupid. They likely had a non scientist reading the measuring tape.