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    This document discusses rising sea levels and the threat of flooding for coastal cities. It presents a timeline showing that with 8,000 years of rising seas, levels could increase by 80 meters, flooding many cities. It also notes that by 2100, sea levels could rise by 1 meter under a worst case scenario, already having increased 20 centimeters since 1870 due to melting ice sheets in both Antarctica and Greenland. Coastal cities like New York, Shanghai, and Venice are at risk of flooding within the next 400 years if sea levels continue rising at their current rate.

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    This document discusses rising sea levels and the threat of flooding for coastal cities. It presents a timeline showing that with 8,000 years of rising seas, levels could increase by 80 meters, flooding many cities. It also notes that by 2100, sea levels could rise by 1 meter under a worst case scenario, already having increased 20 centimeters since 1870 due to melting ice sheets in both Antarctica and Greenland. Coastal cities like New York, Shanghai, and Venice are at risk of flooding within the next 400 years if sea levels continue rising at their current rate.

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    When Sea Levels Attack!: How Long Have We Got?

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    This document discusses rising sea levels and the threat of flooding for coastal cities. It presents a timeline showing that with 8,000 years of rising seas, levels could increase by 80 meters, flooding many cities. It also notes that by 2100, sea levels could rise by 1 meter under a worst case scenario, already having increased 20 centimeters since 1870 due to melting ice sheets in both Antarctica and Greenland. Coastal cities like New York, Shanghai, and Venice are at risk of flooding within the next 400 years if sea levels continue rising at their current rate.

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    When Sea Levels Attack!

    How long have we got?

    years sea level


    TOTAL
    8000 years CONTRIBUTIONS
    8000 80m

    Antarctic ice sheet


    (South Pole)
    73m

    Greenland ice sheet


    1000 20m 6.5m

    New York London Taipei


    8m

    800 years
    7m

    400 6m
    Shanghai Edinburgh

    5m
    South London
    New Orleans
    300 4m (lowest levee)

    200 3m
    80 years
    All other ice
    Los Angeles San Lower
    (Arctic included)
    2m Hamburg Saint (Seafront) Francisco Manhattan 0.5m
    Petersburg
    Amsterdam by 2100,
    100 1m worst case
    scenario: 1m
    Venice Already happened
    since 1870
    20cm
    David McCandless // V3.0// Feb 2014 Note: Source: IPCC, NASA,
    Illustration: Laura Sullivan, Joe Swainson, Fabio Bergamaschi Heights above sea level Realclimate.org,
    vary across cities. NewScientist.com,
    Lowest points used Potsdam institute,
    InformationIsBeautiful.net Sea Level Explorer

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