We've got about 30 years before the world's beaches disappear.

[Kablooie]

With the melting of the polar caps speeding up, the ocean is expected to rise at an increasingly rapid rate.

Beaches are just slightly above sea level and a rise of only a few feet would completely cover most of them.

With predictions of up to a 20 foot rise within the next century we might only have a few more decades to enjoy our beaches. Our grandchildren may never be able to experience a beach unless Disney keeps an artificial one going in their parks.

Coppertone's years are numbered and the Annette Funicello species will have to find a new habitat to mate in.
Sad but true.

[Journeyman]

1. Nonsense. Here in California the Funicellos will simply move East. . .

to the Mojave Desert -- plenty of sand out there, pristine beaches (never mind those cacti -- they'll control the jellyfish population).

Gotta look to the positive, Kablooie (especially since, sadly, few in a position to do something seem willing to look at the present implications).

[Ignacio Upton]

5. At least the beach communities in the OC will be under water

That way we won't get anymore tv shows about bratty teenagers who live there.

[Midnight Rambler]

2. They won't disappear. They'll just be farther inland

As long as you have land, you'll have a coast, and therefore beaches. So it's not that you won't have a beach to visit, it'll just be closer to your house.

[Kablooie]

4. No. You'll have water lapping at rock and cement.

There won't be time for new beaches of sand to form.

[lostnfound]

10. Or else you'll have swampfront..

like in Florida...the Everglades will expand, but unfortunately the expansion would also end up sucking in tons of toxics, wouldn't it? The toxic soup of New Orleans would be replicated in Miami?

[baby_mouse]

12. The old sand will be washed up onto the new slope.

Sand isn't attached to the sea bed.

[Matilda]

3. If the sheeple could only think of climate change in those terms,

they might sit up and take notice, and put pressure on our governments to get serious about the
problem.

[sce56]

6. Well They need to rise 130Ft to reach DisneyLand in Anaheim!

[xxqqqzme]

24. My house will be beachfront

cuz I'm less than a mile from the beach now

of course it will be less than 130', because there will be no where for run off 2 happen& the sewers will back up & since water treatment is on PCH in Huntington Beach there goes your water.

[dweller]

7. what did *moron know, and when did he first know it?

damn his diabolical plot to insure his progeny!
dp

[CoffeeCat]

8. Maybe rich people will finally start paying attention to the issue...

...of global warming--when they see the tide rising in their living rooms and pouring into their Viking stoves and cascading down their granite counter tops.

[Old and In the Way]

9. Well, if it's any consolation, the Bush compound at K'Port will

be under water....

[roguevalley]

11. the beaches on the bering sea are already going. google

Shishmaref.

[blindpig]

15. Some researchers say it's due to the lack of great whales.

Something I just read. Orcas formerly fed heavily upon great whales. The post WWII boom in whaling drastically reduced those numbers and the orcas turned to seals and sea lions to pick up the slack. So the pinnipeds start to decline probably due to a combination of climate change and competition with fishermen. Then it was the sea otters turn, which the orcas previously pretty much ignored in the past. Sea urchins, a principle prey of the sea otter, proliferated to the point of defoliating the kelp forests upon which they feed. Without the kelp beds which dampened the effects of surf coastal erosion has been the result.

Unintended consequences.

[Virginia Dare]

13. I believe it, or sooner here on the East Coast,

especially if we get a Cat. 4 or 5 direct hit. The North Carolina beaches are especially vulnerable. We're talking millions if not trillions of dollars of real estate that could be wiped out in a matter of a couple of days if a particularly nasty large storm hurtles in.

[Radio_Guy]

14. Florida will be underwater by the end of this century

Will the last one to leave, turn out the lights?

[Le Taz Hot]

20. And this is a bad thing?

<ducking>

:hide:

Kidding, Florida. Kidding!

[Radio_Guy]

21. Yes, it is a bad thing

Many Floridians will then invade Alabama!

<ducking>

:hide:

[Minnesota Libra]

16. In the meantime-while waiting for beaches to disappear, the storms........

...such as hurricanes and tornadoes will continue to get more deadly and destructive. So I don't think we should narrow our concerns and attention just to beaches.

[APPLE314]

17. How many remember Kevin Costner's WATERWORLD?

The movie will give you an idea of what your great great grandchildren will face. A big percentage of the world's cities will be submerged. Half the population of the United States lives within 50 miles of the ocean. There will be major relocations of people. It's happened before and will happen again.

[mrgorth]

18. "Learn to swim,

see you down in Arizona Bay!"

[Le Taz Hot]

19. Cool!

Oceanfront property in Fresno! Should make MY property values go WAY up!:evilgrin:

[Vinca]

22. How many years until Walkers Point is under water?

That might get Shrub's attention. The place has got to be worth a few million and he'll be inheriting.

[Rocknrule]

23. Clinton's fault!