Land predicted to be below average flood level by 2030

[Clive]

Interesting map. ? so who is going to be farming fish by 2030 ?

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[AT Aloss]

Planning permission for a marina or bijoux waterfront apartments or shipping terminal - the opportunities are endless.......

 

[cowboysupper]

Going by the map, 80% of our farm will be under water by 2030. Do they factor in coastal walls?

 

[slackjawedyokel]

They’ve already made a start on that bit down near Ely, haven’t they?

 

[Bogweevil]

Good news for waterfowl

 

[Pan mixer]

Planning permission for a marina or bijoux waterfront apartments or shipping terminal - the opportunities are endless.......

I have some waterfront property on that map but I am not going to be putting in marinas and so on.

We have all been here before - back in the 80's, by now I should have had moorings all over my bottom fields but the seawall stubbornly keeps the water out.

I am afraid that these are another lot of panic merchants justifying their own salaries.

 

[Kidds]

Well it will solve (or dissolve) CF fertilisers and Stanlow refinery's problems then as they are both underwater.
It puts a lot of good veg ground underwater over the country too, you mountain lads are going to have to learn how to grow carrots in rocks

 

[TheTallGuy]

Funnily enough it's pretty much the same predictions as were touted 30 years ago to happen between 2010-2020. I think I'll hold off buying the scuba gear for a while yet....

 

[z.man]

Strangely enough considering we farm between 25-40ft above see level I don’t seem to have a nice red dot

 

[AftonShepherd]

At 750ft above sea level, this forum will be a lonely place if it ever gets to us!

 

[Wombat]

Interesting map. ? so who is going to be farming fish by 2030 ?

Sea level rise and coastal flood risk maps -- a global screening tool by Climate Central

Interactive global map showing areas threatened by sea level rise and coastal flooding.

coastal.climatecentral.org

The irony of that is the Dutch have been successfully “farming fish” for the last how ever many centuries.

 

[Salopian_Will]

This is mis-leading as it does not account for flood defences and internal drainage. Moreover, a lot of the land in question will always have been at risk of flooding and it is only the man-made defences/drainage that makes them habitable/farmable. I think it is very unlikely that the defences will have gone wholesale by 2030 or even 2130, although I can see targeted re-wetting being quite common. It could be quite a profitable for Fen landowners to block all of their drains and sell any environmental benefit to big business as an off-set.

 

[Nithsdale]

At 750ft above sea level, this forum will be a lonely place if it ever gets to us!

Don't worry I'll still be here, too

 

[toquark]

Right now hundreds of millions of people live at or below sea level and have done quite happily for centuries. To date, the Netherlands have spent something like 10-15 billion dollars keeping the north sea out. Not a trivial sum, but a tiny fraction of their GDP.

Sea levels rising aren't a good thing, but its hyperbolic rubbish to suggest it will be the end of civilisation as Greta and co are currently doing.

The answer lies in already proven engineering solutions, not trying to change the weather.

 

[Wellytrack]

Right now hundreds of millions of people live at or below sea level and have done quite happily for centuries. To date, the Netherlands have spent something like 10-15 billion dollars keeping the north sea out. Not a trivial sum, but a tiny fraction of their GDP.

Sea levels rising aren't a good thing, but its hyperbolic rubbish to suggest it will be the end of civilisation as Greta and co are currently doing.

The answer lies in already proven engineering solutions, not trying to change the weather.

The poor folks will be washed away though.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

This is mis-leading as it does not account for flood defences and internal drainage. Moreover, a lot of the land in question will always have been at risk of flooding and it is only the man-made defences/drainage that makes them habitable/farmable. I think it is very unlikely that the defences will have gone wholesale by 2030 or even 2130, although I can see targeted re-wetting being quite common. It could be quite a profitable for Fen landowners to block all of their drains and sell any environmental benefit to big business as an off-set.

food may have become more important before that ever happens

 

[Wellytrack]

At 750ft above sea level, this forum will be a lonely place if it ever gets to us!

I’m at just under 500. Will hill land become more valuable?? Remember me before it gets on up to you

 

[toquark]

The poor folks will be washed away though.

Not if they have economic solutions to the problem. Deaths caused by natural disasters have dropped massively in the last century, despite the population quadrupling over the last 100 years.

We are much better at dealing with these problems than we once were, the solutions are there, proven and working. But you never hear this anywhere.

 

[Wellytrack]

Not if they have economic solutions to the problem. Deaths caused by natural disasters have dropped massively in the last century, despite the population quadrupling over the last 100 years.

We are much better at dealing with these problems than we once were, the solutions are there, proven and working. But you never hear this anywhere.

The wealthy can deal with it yes, there will be tens of millions in poverty displaced as it will be cheaper to leave the land to flood than keep the water back.

 

[teslacoils]

What percentage of the country's grade 1 land is that then?

In any case, water park and fishing lakes more ££££ than cropping.