<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for West Antarctic ice-sheet collapse means more catastrophe for U.S. coasts]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by jeffgreen11 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:50:08 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/1 Sooooooooo why are we waiting?

There is more and more information based in science showing AGW symptoms growing stronger. What level of climate destructive change does it take to change minds. As the tipping points become stronger the path back to lower co2 becomes more difficult.

]]> Sooooooooo why are we waiting?

There is more and more information based in science showing AGW symptoms growing stronger. What level of climate destructive change does it take to change minds. As the tipping points become stronger the path back to lower co2 becomes more difficult.

]]> Comment #2 by Chella Rajan http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:22:16 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/2 Not Just Florida...

For more than a decade, Robert Nicholls and others have been talking about the serious challenge of forced displacement associated with sea-level rise, and they didn't even have to go as high as 16 feet to make dire predictions for small island nations and deltaic regions around the world.

The elephant in the room is how to address the problem of climate exiles (those forcibly displaced from nation-states that will become unviable). The Refugee Convention of 1951 doesn't give them the legal status of "refugees" so the world will have to come up with some new mechanism to give these stateless people a name, to begin with, and then homes.

Sujatha Byravan and I have been writing on this topic for some time now -- a few of our recent papers can be found here:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=7 ...

]]> Not Just Florida...

For more than a decade, Robert Nicholls and others have been talking about the serious challenge of forced displacement associated with sea-level rise, and they didn't even have to go as high as 16 feet to make dire predictions for small island nations and deltaic regions around the world.

The elephant in the room is how to address the problem of climate exiles (those forcibly displaced from nation-states that will become unviable). The Refugee Convention of 1951 doesn't give them the legal status of "refugees" so the world will have to come up with some new mechanism to give these stateless people a name, to begin with, and then homes.

Sujatha Byravan and I have been writing on this topic for some time now -- a few of our recent papers can be found here:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=7 ...

]]> Comment #3 by ken1 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:51:46 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/3 @Chella

Some cities sustainability directors I've spoken with say they have started to consider the impact of climate change refugees - and potential cities (as refugee hubs) include Austin and Chicago.

Best,
Ken

-- Sustainability Best Practices & Peer Network -- SustainLane Government http://www.sustainlane.us


]]> @Chella

Some cities sustainability directors I've spoken with say they have started to consider the impact of climate change refugees - and potential cities (as refugee hubs) include Austin and Chicago.

Best,
Ken

-- Sustainability Best Practices & Peer Network -- SustainLane Government http://www.sustainlane.us


]]> Comment #4 by tdmeeh http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:36:09 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/4 More maps

For more maps of flooded coastal areas with sea level rise, see Jonathan Overpecks's website:

http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_c ...

]]> More maps

For more maps of flooded coastal areas with sea level rise, see Jonathan Overpecks's website:

http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_c ...

]]> Comment #5 by archigeek http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:49:10 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/The-big-melt/5 Aaah...

So, as the Earth's crust rebounds from the now-lost wieght of the ice sheet, it will push the water above it out further from Antarctica. And the shift in axis will have more of an impact in the Atlantic. Sounds a bit like a slow-motion tsunami. Well, that's not good.

The mellotron is your friend.

]]> Aaah...

So, as the Earth's crust rebounds from the now-lost wieght of the ice sheet, it will push the water above it out further from Antarctica. And the shift in axis will have more of an impact in the Atlantic. Sounds a bit like a slow-motion tsunami. Well, that's not good.

The mellotron is your friend.

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