Monday, November 15, 2021

Wet feet?


Interesting modelling/mapping going on HERE the above example is a projection of costal areas that will be below normal flood levels in 2030, that's not long! Clearly there's a lot of variables to consider in making such a projection but the site takes sensible defaults for most things and allows you to tweak them as you feel fit. For example, this map uses a "medium" level of luck and the current trajectory of pollution (i.e. no massive cuts in carbon dioxide emissions etc.) What the red areas show are regions that will fall below the predicted sea level PLUS the added height of a local annual flood (i.e. a once per year event) the places aren't surprising but wow, if this is even 10% true there's going to be a lot of wet feet around..

 

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