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[โ€“] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately it will take more than 6 years for coastal cities to start flooding that much. By the end of the century it is forecasted to go up by less than 2 meter worst case. In 2000 years it could rise as much as 20 years if the temperatures rise 5ยฐC.

Additionally it is much easier to just move to higher ground.

[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Additionally it is much easier to just move to higher ground.

Yeah, because rebuilding most of the world's major cities all at once is no big deal at all.

[โ€“] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Much smaller deal than staying and letting them flood.

[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Much, much bigger deal than not letting the Earth warm enough to flood them in the first place.

[โ€“] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 6 months ago

As if corporations are going to do that, haha