Reply To: Hong Kong Climate un-Ready for fast change and sea level rise

[DocMartin Williams]

Emails from me to Climate [un]Ready contact:

Just to add re estimates of sea levels rising, as get more info on process with ice etc

 

‘“If you look at the history of sea level rise projections over the last 20 years, they’re going up through time,” said Colgan. “Not just because of sea level actually rising, but also because of our understanding of the processes improving through time.”’

scientists-keep-increasing-their-projections-for-how-much-the-oceans-will-rise-this-century

Maybe of interest, if you haven’t seen.

Perhaps of note if HK wants to be “Climate Ready”.

Rapid escalation of coastal flood exposure in US municipalities from sea level rise

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-017-1963-7

 

More grim tidings: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6338/580/tab-pdf

 

Just had a look at the “Climate Ready” site; seems there are no updates on such news.

Looks like a fossilised website; not your fault I’m sure.