> A slow-moving emergency is lapping at California’s shores— climate-driven sea-level rise that experts now predict could elevate the water in coastal areas up to 10 feet in just 70 years, gobbling up beachfront and overwhelming low-lying cities.
There is a map that show what part will be flooded with an increase of 10 feet. It's not the whole state. Some cities will be fine. Some cities will be doomed.
> A consensus of scientific research makes catastrophic projections that, in the worst case, will be reality by the end of this century: [...] More than 42,000 homes in California will be under water—not merely flooded, but with seawater over roofs.
For comparison, there are like 40 million people living in California, so a good guess is that there are 10-20 million of homes there. So 42,000 sink homes are only 0.5%-0.25%, but it's a lot if it's your home.
California generally has a steep coastline, but none the less a lot of housing exists in low lying areas. That said California's policy makers are already trying to figure out what they are going to have to do.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 35.8 ms ] thread> A slow-moving emergency is lapping at California’s shores— climate-driven sea-level rise that experts now predict could elevate the water in coastal areas up to 10 feet in just 70 years, gobbling up beachfront and overwhelming low-lying cities.
There is a map that show what part will be flooded with an increase of 10 feet. It's not the whole state. Some cities will be fine. Some cities will be doomed.
> A consensus of scientific research makes catastrophic projections that, in the worst case, will be reality by the end of this century: [...] More than 42,000 homes in California will be under water—not merely flooded, but with seawater over roofs.
For comparison, there are like 40 million people living in California, so a good guess is that there are 10-20 million of homes there. So 42,000 sink homes are only 0.5%-0.25%, but it's a lot if it's your home.
If we really care we hire the Dutch to build a seawall.
The San Andreas Fault is a sliding fault (don't know the technical term), which means LA and SF will be neighbors at some point in the far future.
Seriously, I love California. As a geologist I can say "It's not physically possible".