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New Climate Projections: NYC Will Keep Getting Hotter and Wetter: Sea levels could rise by more than a foot in the 2030s, when the city is also expected to be up to 10% rainier and as much as 4.7°F (www.thecity.nyc)

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The NPCC’s latest estimates, for example, project sea levels around the city to continue to rise between half a foot and just over a foot in the 2030s. Annual precipitation is expected to increase by up to 10% in those years, while the city could experience temperatures between 2 and 4.7 degrees warmer.

The estimates, which have not been previously reported, are part of a forthcoming paper from the NPCC Climate Science Working Group and were reviewed during a presentation to a northeast climate consortium earlier this month.

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[–] lettruthout 2 points 8 months ago

This reminds me of a novel...

"New York 2140" is a 2017 climate fiction novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel is set in a New York City that has been flooded and altered by rising water. The novel received generally positive reviews.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_2140

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I mean, shit I’ve already started noticing the rain increase. And back in my day in 1900, I built a sandcastle near the waterline that’s been washed away by now or otherwise I could enlighten you all with ,t take on the ocean levels.