Coastal population centers at low elevations like New Orleans, Key West, and other spots around the world, are vulnerable to sea level rise. Florida's Key West floods routinely in springtime when tides pulled higher by the new or full moon reach 1.7 feet above mean sea level. (Photo courtesy National Weather Service Forecast Office, Key West; NOAA Photo Library.)
Source : http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2005/change.shtml
Source : http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2005/change.shtml
From Vanity Fair, a photo of what Manhattan might look like if sea levels continue to rise. Photo illustration by John Blackford; original photograph by Cameron Davidson. Related article: “While Washington Slept,” by Mark Hertsgaard.
Source : http://www.notesofintelligence.com/2007/01/25/manhattan-after-sea-levels-rise/
Source : http://www.notesofintelligence.com/2007/01/25/manhattan-after-sea-levels-rise/
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