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Lisnaholic · 05-20-2017, 05:53 PM

I wonder how many of you are hoping to have children in the future?

If you have a child in the next ten years or so, he/she might be about seventy-five in the year 2100 - and that's not so old by today's expectations.
According to this article, if carbon emissions continue at present rates, a sea-level rise of 2 metres/6 feet is possible by the year 2100.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.2a70a9f22bfb

You can click here to find maps that show the America that your child might face in his/her retirement years, though it only shows the extent of flooding. Mercifully, perhaps, it doesn't show the hoards of refugees moving inland from the coasts, which will make the recent Syrian refugee crisis in Europe look like something, er, on a smaller scale:-

https://ss2.climatecentral.org/#12/4...feet&pois=hide

05-20-2017, 05:53 PM	#121 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	I wonder how many of you are hoping to have children in the future? If you have a child in the next ten years or so, he/she might be about seventy-five in the year 2100 - and that's not so old by today's expectations. According to this article, if carbon emissions continue at present rates, a sea-level rise of 2 metres/6 feet is possible by the year 2100. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.2a70a9f22bfb You can click here to find maps that show the America that your child might face in his/her retirement years, though it only shows the extent of flooding. Mercifully, perhaps, it doesn't show the hoards of refugees moving inland from the coasts, which will make the recent Syrian refugee crisis in Europe look like something, er, on a smaller scale:- https://ss2.climatecentral.org/#12/4...feet&pois=hide __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953