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MountainLaurel

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4. "If conservative trajectories for RSLR projections . . ."

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:41 PM

Jan 2013

Those conservative trajectories are being blown out of the water, so it looks like NO will be an island long before 2060.

Does anyone know to what extent the "rise" numbers also take into account subsequent sinking of the land?

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What global warming and rising sea levels mean for New Orleans [View all] Redfairen Jan 2013 OP

From the article... immoderate Jan 2013 #1

Indeed so. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #2

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #3

"If conservative trajectories for RSLR projections . . ." MountainLaurel Jan 2013 #4