Posted on March 12, 2008 in Latest News
The rise of sea level and the other changes caused by the global warming giving open threats to every infrastructure under the sky that includes rail lines, roads, airports, ports and so on.
Have A Look On What The Two Studies Reveal
Augmented heat as well as “intense precipitation events” actually become threats to these concrete structures. Moreover, the most important and immediate impending impact is coastal flooding, as the reports prepared, by a panel convened by the National Research Council.
There is also another study done by a by the Environmental Protection Agency. It’s actually a multi agency effort. The reports also appear to be a similar warning on coastal infrastructure.
However, it has some additional points also that imply; the natural features like wetlands, beaches and freshwater supplies have also been shaken by the encroachment of the saltwater.
Although, these reports are not the first things to draw attention towards the increasing levels of the sea that is on the verge of being a terrible threat to the human survival; but essentially these reports present an in-depth analysis of vulnerability in the recent future.
What Do The Reports Suggest?
Both of the reports have stated that the coastal areas are densely populated. These coastal areas are of great economic importance. These areas are also gaining more and more popularity and more investment day by day. Even after the risk factors the growth of these areas doesn’t seem to reduce or go down.
According to the reports, approximately 60,000 miles of areas including the coastal highways are already at the high alert and likely to receive periodic flooding. The panel has already pointed out all the possibilities and requested the policy makers to act accordingly.
The agency report has presented three estimates pointing the possible rise of sea levels by 2100. It can be around 16 inches a century, but it’s said that this rate has already been surpassed.
It can be about 2 feet that is estimated by many scientists and taken from an optimistic point of view. And if it goes up to 3 feet, then, according t to the report, it would be a catastrophe for the wetlands as well as the other coastal features.
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