Google Earth tour examining Sea Level Rise and the Fate of Coastal Cities

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You are invited to take a Google Earth tour examining Sea Level Rise and the Fate of Coastal Cities (Links to an external site.), which includes short video animations. This will help you to visualize how much sea level rise will affect coastal communities under different future climate scenarios – one based on a 2 deg C temperature rise and the other based on a 4 deg C temperature rise.

Please answer these 7 questions There is I an example below may can help you.
Location : SanFransisco
1.What is the average elevation above sea level?
2.What is the projected sea level rise under a 2 deg C warmer scenario? Under a 4 deg C warmer scenario?
3.How many people live in areas that would be flooded in a future 2 deg C warmer? In a future 4 deg C warmer?
4.What areas/industries will be most threatened by sea level rise (e.g. government, business, agriculture, etc…?)
5.Are there any current mitigation measures in place to help prevent flooding? If so, what are they?
6.Based on historical storm records, what is the range of sea level rise due to storm surge?
7.What is one thing that surprised you about the Google Earth Visualization?
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EXAMPLE: Here is a hypothetical example post that you can use to format your responses .
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
Avg. elevation: 150 ft
Projected sea level rise:
6 ft rise with 2 deg C
10 ft rise with 4 deg C
Population affected:
1,400 people displaced with 2 deg C
4,833 people displaced with 4 deg C
Most threatened industries: Government. According to Climate Central (Links to an external site.), “The District has 21 miles of road below 6 feet, plus 2 military facilities; 1 hospital; 1 museum; and 12 EPA-listed sites such as hazardous waste dumps and sewage plants. At 10 feet, these numbers grow to 46 miles of road, 4 military facilities, 1 hospital, 3 museums, and 26 EPA-listed sites.”
Existing Mitigation Measures: There is a levee around the National Mall. According to a report by the National Capitol Planning Commission (Links to an external site.), D.C. has inadequate storm sewer capacity to deal with flooding.
Historical Storm Surge Range: 12 ft (SOURCE: National Capitol Planning Commission (Links to an external site.))
Surprise Observation: The National Mall being flooding