igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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 Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: Rising Seas Threaten 21 Mega-Cities |
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Rising Seas Threaten 21 Mega-Cities
By The Associated Press
Sat Oct 20, 4:30 PM ET
BANGKOK, Thailand - Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.
Of the 33 cities predicted to have at least 8 million people by 2015, at least 21 are highly vulnerable, says the Worldwatch Institute.
They include Dhaka, Bangladesh; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai and Tianjin in China; Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt; Mumbai and Kolkata in India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Karachi, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand, and New York and Los Angeles in the United States, according to studies by the United Nations and others.
More than one-tenth of the world's population, or 643 million people, live in low-lying areas at risk from climate change, say U.S. and European experts.
Most imperiled, in descending order, are China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Egypt, the U.S., Thailand and the Philippines. |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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| Its OK. The UK needs immigrants so there shouldn't be any real problems. |
London's probably second in the list.
After watching the documentary about the Islands in PNG under water, I have to say we do have a problem. I guess thats obvious though as the ice bergs are melting, the trees in the amazon that could hold the water are being cut down.
Well at least with global warming, alaska will be liveable for the future.  |
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