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Marshall Islands Consider Radical Measures to Survive Rising Sea Levels

posted by martyb on Sunday February 24 2019, @01:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the I've-got-a-sinking-feeling-about-this dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Phys.org:

The far-flung Marshall Islands needs to raise its islands if it is to avoid being drowned by rising sea levels, President Hilda Heine has warned.

Plans are underway for national talks on which of the 1,156 islands, scattered over 29 coral atolls, can be elevated in a dramatic intervention to ensure safety on the islands.
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Most of the islands are less than two metres (6.5 feet) above sea level and the government believes physically raising the islands was the only way to save the Marshall Islands from extinction.

Is the solution a viable one, or are the Marshallese more likely to join the Sea Gypsies?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by captain normal on Sunday February 24 2019, @04:01AM (1 child)

    by captain normal (2205) on Sunday February 24 2019, @04:01AM (#805831)

    Depends on where your 150' above sea level your house is. If it's between Cape Flattery and Point Arena, the Cascadia Fault could go at any time. A resulting tsunami could very well top 150' (50 meters). Around 1700 there was a big slip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake [wikipedia.org]

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday February 25 2019, @05:42AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 25 2019, @05:42AM (#806218) Journal

    A resulting tsunami could very well top 150' (50 meters).

    But only if he happens to be on that weird bit of shoreline that funnels the tsunami into a constricted space. And it's not going to matter whether there is "climate change" or not. The killer is going to be a 50 meter tall tsunami not a few centimeters of sea level rise.