Sunday 10 January 2010

Is this the beach at the bottom of your backyard? Mapping predicted sea level rise (5)

BEFOREAFTER
This Google Earth mapping shows the effects of a 1 metre sea level rise on a residential area of the New South Wales coast, with the beach gone and surf reaching back boundaries of the houses shown.
The 2009 Federal Government report Climate Change Risks to Australia's Coasts contains a 'worst case' scenario involving a 1.1 metre sea level rise along the NSW coast sometime within the next 90 years.

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