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[-] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 8 months ago

Can someone tell me whether sea level rises are still a concern and if so, why no one seems concerned?

When I was a kid that was the big scary climate change thing. I know it's maybe only 50cm but that's still problematic for lots of real estate... isn't it?

Like just the other day I visited an expensive apartment that would've been maybe 50cm above sea level.

[-] wren@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

It's a concern already for low-lying atoll islands like those in the Maldives and Tuvalu. Half of Tuvalu's capital city is expected to be flooded by 2050, but they've been seeing the effects for years unfortunately.

It really depends where you are though - my town is at around 100 m elevation and about 80 km inland. When I was a kid, my mum used to have nightmares about tidal waves coming over the horizon because she was so scared of sea level rise.

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