What Will Sea Level Rise Look Like In Real Life?

[Initech]

Families, residents and businesses rent storage units when they're low on space – whether they're running out of room in their home or need to clear out the office to make more room for new employees. Space is limited, not just in self storage and for our belongings, but for the places in which we live. How will the rising sea levels affect the area of livable land on the coasts of America?

Have you ever wondered how the rise in sea levels will impact our surroundings? Here, we have projected the outlook of three major locations: Washington D.C. and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Miami and South Beach, and New York City and the Statue of Liberty.

The white cones on the maps show the location and angle of the camera that is seen in the corresponding illustrations. Thank you to Remik Ziemlinski from Climate Central for providing the high resolution sea level rise maps and for helping me understand the science behind sea level rise.





More pictures: http://www.storagefront.com/therentersbent/what-will-sea-level-rise-look-like-in-real-life

Interesting stuff.

[Brother Buzz]

1. levee building may just be a growth industry down the road

[GreenStormCloud]

2. According to the article, it will take way over 300 years.

That map is for a 25 foot rise. In 2300 the rise will be only 12 feet. By then society will have crashed and we will all be back to the stone age, after a huge die-off of people. World population will be down to a few hundred million.

[Shivering Jemmy]

3. Maybe

Maybe not.

[truebrit71]

4. I think ALL of those numbers are wrong...

...i think it will be much more, much sooner..

[treestar]

5. Looks scary

Is it more than any previous change? Over time society can make adjustments. Sure they won't let the Jefferson Memorial sink like that.

[TampaAnimusVortex]

6. Long before that happens, we would have atmospheric modifying nanotech.

Even moderate level nanotech would be able to use the carbon in the atmosphere to build useful structures like roads and buildings. I would guess this level of sophistication would be available by 2040 or 2050 - so worrying 300 years out is a bit silly.