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Environment & Energy

NoOneMan

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20. Similar article about Vancouver, BC

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 04:03 PM

Dec 2012

The network of dikes protecting Metro Vancouver will require billions of dollars in upgrades in coming years because of rising sea levels, according to a new report issued by the B.C. government.

The cost of dike improvements over the next 90 to 100 years could hit $9.5 billion, according to a report released today by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

The study looked at 250 kilometres of coastline around Metro Vancouver and shoreline along the Fraser River downstream from the Port Mann Bridge — an area that encompasses 12 major municipalities with a population of over two million people.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/11/bc-vancouver-dikes-rising-sea.html

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Bye, Bye Alexandria: A 1-Meter Sea Rise is Certain [View all] unhappycamper Dec 2012 OP

Keep voting for those Koch Brothers America! sellitman Dec 2012 #1

I'm not arguing at all about the sea rise here, just pointing out a fact most people aren't aware of Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #2

Interesting article dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #17

When I saw the OP, I didn't know which one was meant. DFW Dec 2012 #3

One difference of opinion here: burnsei sensei Dec 2012 #4

Your estimates/info may be way off. Coyotl Dec 2012 #5

Antarctica is adding snowpack. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #6

Why? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #7

The immobility of the ice, and the total amount of heat required to melt it. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #8

Thanks. That is a lot of ice NoOneMan Dec 2012 #9

Yep. The methane releases kind of scare the shit out of me. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #12

Yes, in the highest elevations and the glacier is losing 60 cm a year at low elevations Coyotl Dec 2012 #11

Wrong 'end' of the planet. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #13

Both ends of the planet. Coyotl Dec 2012 #15

True, but the story down south is more complex than that. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #16

Antarctica is in fact losing ice NickB79 Dec 2012 #18

kick for later. eom ellenfl Dec 2012 #10

This may get the attention of those one-percenters living in the Hamptons wtmusic Dec 2012 #14

..by the end of this century... truebrit71 Dec 2012 #19

Similar article about Vancouver, BC NoOneMan Dec 2012 #20

The only thing I disagree with is about building dikes for a 1m rise muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #21