Sentences with phrase «foot sea level rise scenario»

And here is how New York City's busiest airport, John F. Kennedy International, would fare under a 10 - foot sea level rise scenario:

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Silver Award: Alex Kuffner The Providence Journal «Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The analysis, which used land elevation and tidal data, found that 460 acres, or about a sixth of Hallandale Beach, would be below sea level during high tide under a 3 - foot scenario of rise, according to Nancy Gassman, a natural resources administrator for Broward County's Natural Resources Planning and Management Division who worked on the assessment.

«Regional sea - level scenarios: Helping US Northeast plan for faster - than - global rise: Global sea level could rise by as much as 8 feet by 2100 in a worst - case scenario.»

«When we modeled future shoreline change with the increased rates of sea level rise (SLR) projected under the IPCC's «business as usual» scenario, we found that increased SLR causes an average 16 - 20 feet of additional shoreline retreat by 2050, and an average of nearly 60 feet of additional retreat by 2100,» said Tiffany Anderson, lead author and post-doctoral researcher at the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.

Moreover, in a worst - case scenario, global sea level could rise by about 8 feet by 2100.

The report provides a range of possible scenarios, from at least 1 foot of global sea - level rise by 2100 to a worst - case rise that's 1.6 feet higher than a scenario in a key 2012 study that the report updates.

«Hybrid» solution with small barriers affordable now Assuming a «middle climate change» scenario of about a foot of sea - level rise by midcentury, the team further assessed the cost - effectiveness of each flood - control strategy by measuring whether its benefits, or avoided risk, would outweigh the investment costs.

On the high end, recent work suggests that 4 feet is plausible.23, 3,6,7,8 In the context of risk - based analysis, some decision makers may wish to use a wider range of scenarios, from 8 inches to 6.6 feet by 2100.10,2 In particular, the high end of these scenarios may be useful for decision makers with a low tolerance for risk (see Figure 2.26 on global sea level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level rise.

«Up to 8.5 feet of global sea level rise is possible by 2100» in a worst - case emissions scenario.

Worse case scenario: if the ice covering all of Antarctica melted, sea level could rise 10 times that much (160 feet).

Swiss Re used climate change scenarios by incorporating rising sea levels in our underwriting tools so that the city could translate feet of sea level rise into dollars of potential economic losses.

Jim has made his actually worst case scenarios abundantly clear in many interviews, in the Washington Post for instance: «sea level rise that can be measured by feet more than inches», and in the ERL papers itself «measured in meters», and in the quote you picked up on.

That conclusion, based on a new, sophisticated computer model, makes the worst - case scenario of sea level rise — an increase of 6 feet or so, on average, by 2100 — look less likely to play out.

Each base's exposure is calculated based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to in this analysis as «intermediate»), which projects a global average increase of 3.7 feet above 2012 levels, by 2100; and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of increase, which projects a global average increase of 6.3 feet.

He was forced to correct that statement after it was pointed out that LAX is at least 108 feet above sea level, and therefore safe from rising seas even under the most extreme scenario.

Under the worst - case scenario investigated, if pollution continues unabated, and if seas respond to ongoing warming by rising at the fastest rates considered likely, sea levels could rise more than 4 feet this century alone, wiping out coastal infrastructure and driving communities inland.

Vanity Fair published a «worst - case scenario» photo illustration of Manhattan drowned by an 80 - foot sea - level rise, the skyscrapers poking up from what has become part of the Atlantic Ocean.

The research also finds that sea levels will rise between 2.3 and 4 feet by 2300 even under best - case scenarios.

The disintegration of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is speeding up, providing more evidence we are headed for the worst - case scenario of sea level rise — three to six feet (or more) by 2100 — unless total warming is limited to «well below 2 °C,» as Paris envisions.

If all the ice on Greenland were to melt, it would raise sea level by 7 meters (23 feet), but even under a high temperature rise scenario, it could take many centuries for it to melt completely.

«By the end of this century, global sea level is expected to rise by more than 2 feet in a low emissions scenario or nearly 3.5 feet in a higher emissions scenario.

Last August, I wrote about what that near - term worse case scenario might look like: Should its melt rate continue to trend above previous estimates, Antarctica may produce an extra foot of sea level rise by 2100, which would pose a threat to low - lying coastal areas worldwide.

The leaked summary said the IPCC believed a worst case scenario could see sea levels rising by as much as three feet (90 centimeters) by the year 2100.

These projections indicate that, depending on ice melt scenarios, the Mid-Hudson's sea level could rise from between two and six feet by the end of the century.

An «intermediate scenario» that projects carbon emissions peaking around mid-century and about 4 feet of sea level rise globally, with ice melting at a moderate rate that increases over time.

According to that report, although a sea level rise of 1.6 feet or more would negatively affect large portions of the City, the «worst - case scenario» for sea level rise projects a 1.6 foot increase to be reached in 2047 assuming no mitigation or adaptation efforts... Furthermore, even assuming a 2 - foot sea level rise, only 0.1 square miles of land in the City that isn't potentially protected by levees or other flood control structures is below two feet of elevation.»

All of these things point to a precarious future for our species — a business - as - usual scenario will mean some six feet of sea level rise and some regions of the world becoming uninhabitable or disappearing under rising seas by the end of the century.