Most Sea Level Rise Between Now And 2050 Is Irreversible; Plus Paper On Recalibrated SLR Impacts

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While debate rages about how to fight climate change, the impacts that rising temperatures have already locked in are getting worse, Axios' Amy Harder writes.

"Most sea level rise between now and 2050 is already baked in," said Benjamin Strauss, co-author of a peer-reviewed report by science organization Climate Central. Why it matters: We’re learning more about how much of the damage is irreversible, like with rising sea levels — which means we need to think about not just stopping the problem, but also about adapting to what we can't stop.

Rising sea levels will threaten 40 million more people — three times that of previous estimates — over the next 30 years, according to research published last week by the journal Nature.

Poorer Asian countries are most at risk. That's because "there is such high-population density and it is so concentrated in the lowest elevations toward the coast," Strauss said.

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https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-f89518e7-686d-4413-ae9b-314e992ddea2.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z.pdf

[Auggie]

1. "We'll adapt," said George W. Bush, years ago.

I’ll never forget the recklessness of that statement.