Federal Report Shows Hawaii is more at Risk from Rising Sea Levels
The warming earth will have more effects on the coastal cities than expected. According to the report put together by numerous federal agencies, sea levels could rise by 1 foot by 2050 and by as much as 4 feet by 2100. But now, under the extreme sea level rise scenario, more than 8 feet by 2100 is physically possible. Also in a worst-case scenario: Sea level rise of up to 3.2 is possible as early as 2060.
This would be devastating to Hawaii because most of Waikiki and the downtown business district will be drastically affected by the rising water. Hawaii needs to consider how it is going to deal with the rising waters.
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I think that it is amaziong how quickly this could happen. The year 2100 is still possibly going to be still be during my life time. Even to build a home, rising oceans is now going to be a factor to consider.