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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—A 1,400-acre swath of salt flats along the western edge of San Francisco Bay has become the latest site for a development dispute that promises to become increasingly common in coastal U.S. cities: Whether new waterside growth makes sense when sea levels are rising.
What I find interesting is they casually mention that other coastal cities, New York, Boston, Seattle, etc are considering the same problem. They also state that they believe that the barrier islands will be swamped within 40-60 years.
the Marina is built on former landfill[4], and is susceptible to liquefaction during strong earthquakes. This caused extensive damage to the entire neighborhood during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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Originally posted by Desolate Cancer
They are assuming quite a lot. I mean other reports i have read say that we may actually face an ice age.
But this is san fran the mecca of hippyness so its not much of a surprise. Seriously though they are acting like ocean levels rising is a forgone fact, which its not. I dont like to see them stifle free enterprise, if the developers can find the backing for it, and they can find the tenants for the properties then it is a risk the tenants are willing to take.
Originally posted by Blazer
So basically, amidst the current U.S. mindset of denying global warning (despite record-breaking temperatures, and the steady melting fragmenting of the arctic ice shelves), it seems that the state governments are are in full planning mode to avert disaster in the near future (disaster caused by rising sea levels making current coastal developments uninhabitable).
www.scientificamerican.com
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