But that date is not fixed, and undoubtedly will change and shorten again in the very near future...(and remember of course no way is 63" a 'set in stone' maximum).
The question no one wants to tackle is when will we actually start to notice the dramatic sea level rise that most surely will come. As soon as that time comes, it is going to get very crazy in our world, as such a huge percentage of the world's major infrastructure and expanded population are in precarious proximity to shorelines and low lying areas.
Just set your mind to imagining the changes that the world will have to undergo are mind-boggling...(think New Orleans spread over the entire planet... and it's permanent).
Even if we began a crash program starting tomorrow (which of course there seems little likelihood of us doing).. there would, in all probability, not be enough time to counter the extreme catastrophe looming in our future.
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Seas could rise up to 1.6 meters by 2100: study | Reuters
