>> I do feel sorry for island nations that might get swamped. :( <<
Me too. I think that artificial islands would be one solution, and acquiring land elsewhere another; but established nations are violently opposed to both, and have the power to prevent either. Obliteration is a very credible threat.
Which is also a form of genocide.
>> A curious thing about some NZ coastal earthquakes - the seabed rises up! There was one a few years ago by a small town where the seabed rose four metres. A group of volunteers went to rescue lots of confused lobsters and other sealife and put them back in the ocean, which was now further out.<<
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancing_serpent
Re: Well ...
Date: 2019-02-28 05:45 am (UTC)Me too. I think that artificial islands would be one solution, and acquiring land elsewhere another; but established nations are violently opposed to both, and have the power to prevent either. Obliteration is a very credible threat.
Which is also a form of genocide.
>> A curious thing about some NZ coastal earthquakes - the seabed rises up! There was one a few years ago by a small town where the seabed rose four metres. A group of volunteers went to rescue lots of confused lobsters and other sealife and put them back in the ocean, which was now further out.<<
Yikes! I'm glad people responded though.