Scientists Say New Observations in the Arctic Make Higher Sea-level Rise a More Urgent Concern for Seven Cities Area
October 28, 2009 -- Dr. Robert Bindschadler, NASA chief scientist, and Dr. Jim White, Professor at The University of Colorado at Boulder, brought with them the most detailed maps and made-for-TV video animations yet of exactly what could go underwater this century in this area.the Hipboot Tour: Who's wearing hipboots and where?
According to Drs. Bindschadler and White, the old estimates for rising seas due to global warming were overly optimistic. Fresh data from the poles now indicates a minimum of three feet of rise by the year 2100 or sooner, which will have much more of an impact on the Seven Cities area and the nation, they said.
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The scientists and others present also provided a graphic demonstration of how high the water could get in just a few decades. Clean Air-Cool Planet’s Vice President for Policy, Brooks Yeager donned a pair of hip boots to demonstrate the effect.
Mr. Yeager, a former Clinton administration official, raised a Hula Hoop to near his knees, representing the previous estimate by the Nobel prize-winning scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that sea levels would rise approximately 17.3 inches this century. Slowly, as he spoke, he moved the hoop to his waist, and then his chest, representing the new range of the rising seas now expected.
Our Hipboot Tour brings climate scientists with the latest maps and data to U.S. coastal cities vulnerable to inundation with ocean water if we remain on our present emissions course. Following is our itinerary
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