World's coastal cities get warming warning

[lovuian]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17831464/
ONDON - More than two-thirds of the world's large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a new study released Wednesday.

Based on new computer population models and NASA satellite data, more than 634 million people live in the threatened coastal areas — defined as those lying at less than 10 meters (33 feet) above sea level — and the number is growing, said the study published in the journal Environment and Urbanization.

More than 180 countries have populations in those zones, and two thirds of those have urban areas of more than 5 million people that are under threat. Among them: Tokyo; New York; Mumbai, India; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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This is truly sad news and Global Warming is a fact now

[Rosemary2205]

1. Unfortunately, until people are knee deep in water they won't care.

Even on DU, this subject seems to be a passing fad....... a real shame too.