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Originally Posted by The Fonz
If this were legitimately the track we were on, the most powerful people in the world would not be investing in coastal properties. If we were 50-100 years away from 40% of the planet’s population migrating further inland, we’d see coastal property values plummeting today, while Canadian Prairie & American Midwest property values skyrocket, today.
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Yeah, that's how you gauge the track we're on. Who is investing money in what.
Or we can look at the major cities at risk right now.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/n...global-warming
http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/u...ces-Report.pdf
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicato...astal-flooding
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/fe...st-risk-floods
https://qz.com/africa/997384/lagos-a...limate-change/
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...te-change.html
https://19january2017snapshot.epa.go...al-areas_.html
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...rming-science/
https://www.livescience.com/38956-mo...-flooding.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ater/39533119/
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/10/73946...recasters-warn
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...surged-in-u-s/
https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/coastal-flood-risk
Yup, just a figment of people's imagination. Have you been to New Orleans, New York, or Miami lately? All three are great examples of the effect of sea level rise from climate change,
right now. This is a real existential threat, no matter how much you wish to ignore it or try to laugh it off.