Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html

NORFOLK, Va. — Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through.

Five hundred miles down the Atlantic Coast, the only road to Tybee Island, Ga., is disappearing beneath the sea several times a year, cutting the town off from the mainland.

And another 500 miles on, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., increased tidal flooding is forcing the city to spend millions fixing battered roads and drains — and, at times, to send out giant vacuum trucks to suck saltwater off the streets.

For decades, as the global warming created by human emissions caused land ice to melt and ocean water to expand, scientists warned that the accelerating rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline.

[Peregrine Took]

1. Just how long can the knuckle draggers deny it?

They look like the fools they are.

[malaise]

3. Until they sink with the coast

It's those who made money off the denial that disgust me the most

[roamer65]

2. Thank God I won't live to see 2100.

Unless we address the root cause...overpopulation...I really don't think humanity has a bright future.

[NickB79]

4. 2100, hell. I figure we have 30-40 years before global society starts to fall apart

We're currently at 7.2 billion humans on this planet, with the UN projecting 9 billion by 2050.

With how rapidly climate change is accelerating now, I expect we'll be around 5 billion by 2100 and falling.