A friend recently told me of an interesting study done by two geologists.
The study was an explanation of why none of the predicted sea coast flooding has occured yet. This flooding is predicated by those who forsee global warming due to the CO2 and halogen-organics that have been added to the atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The geologists claim that the water added from melting ice has about the same volume as the water that has been impounded in reservoirs by dams et. al.
They claim that the impounding is slowing down, and sea coast flooding will start soon. If we seek to continue to prevent the sea coast flooding with this technique, we have until the middle of the next century. Most of the easily used volumes are below sea-level. The following regions are among those that will have to be flooded:
- Caspian Sea, Russia and Iran
- Dead Sea, Israel and Jordan
- Imperial and Death Valleys, California, USA
- Quattar Depression, Egypt
- Congo River Basin and Lake Chad Basin, Zaire et. al.
Interesting set of ecological and political problems. I hope other solutions can be found.
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