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Now you see it, now you don't: the land down under going under

Then click on the Latest Related Coverage: Multimedia link. I could link direct to it, but then you'd lose the context.

Far out... Cool media... but he doesn't leave us much to work with does he!?!

"were gonna need a bigger boat"

floating allotments are the solution

Sheesh - so what'll happen to New Zealand????!!!!

Blimey Stoney - speechless!!

Shirlz2005 wrote:Blimey Stoney - speechless!!

YOU'RE SPEECHLESS?..............................I cant swim........

start building an ark wombat!

What's a cubit? Got any gopher wood?

This is all getting too stressfull

Nev

Wombat wrote:What's a cubit? Got any gopher wood?

This is all getting too stressfull

Nev

We'll make it easy for you - lilo, footpump and bearded woman to inflate it!

Interesting, but no more than a pretty project I'm afraid.

Estimates vary, but from what I read if ALL the ice caps melted sea level would only rise by around 80m, and since Antarctica sits at around -37C this is unlikely.

Sadly, even a very modest rise in sea levels will flood out most of the world's cities, since they usually lie in river deltas or tidal basins. And where are all those people going to try to go? My chicken house has space for one more chook, and that's it. Sorry.

I have been making searious plans for what to do if the sh*t really does hit the fan. I decided that when I finally get on the property ladder it will have to be a place that is pretty far above sea level now for me to even consider buying it. I am not sure about staying in England as worse case senario we will be in an ice age at this latitude. - This totally rules out Scotland as it will be uninhabitable.

The southern hemisphere looks like it will be the least effected by climate change, perhaps not for sea levels but certainly for chance of temperatures plumiting. It makes Tasmania look like a possibility.

Whatchoo talkin 'bout Andy?

Tassie is our Scotland...

Boots wrote:Whatchoo talkin 'bout Andy?

Tassie is our Scotland...

ah, well in that case perhaps I will have to rethink.

Andy Hamilton wrote:I have been making searious plans for what to do if the sh*t really does hit the fan. I decided that when I finally get on the property ladder it will have to be a place that is pretty far above sea level now for me to even consider buying it. I am not sure about staying in England as worse case senario we will be in an ice age at this latitude. - This totally rules out Scotland as it will be uninhabitable.

Well, we aren't worried. We used to live right beside the River Forth, and we really want out of that (not least because Grangemouth Oil Refinery was across the water). However, depending on which projected-scenario thing you look at, we are either under water or fine. A lot depends on the Gulf Stream, and how it will affect the temperture when/if it moves/disappears.

I am not worried imediately, but when I do buy property I want it to be somewhere that I can stay for the rest of my life. I am 32 now and I expect to live at the very least another 30 years. This would mean that one of the scenario will be more likely to be happening by 2030, I would want a good home in a protected spot by then.

There is a chance that there will be a natural occurance of the suns temperature going down for a few years at some point in the next 3 decades. This would buy us time to slow down some of the climate change that is happening and we might be ok. Only time will tell.