Burrito Justice on Nostr: “The scientists’ new lidar-based estimate predicts that roughly 482,000 square ...

“The scientists’ new lidar-based estimate predicts that roughly 482,000 square kilometers of land will be submerged with one meter of sea level rise, nearly triple the 123,000 square kilometers predicted by radar-based projections. That’s an extra Cameroon-sized chunk of Earth, currently home to roughly 132 million people, that will be underwater by 2100 under a high-emissions scenario” https://hakaimagazine.com/news/coastal-flooding-will-be-more-extensive-sooner-than-scientists-thought/