Naval Station Norfolk may experience as much as six feet of relative sea-level rise by the end of the century. Defense officials are beginning to work with nearby city governments to ensure vital infrastructure is protected.
Credit: US Navy
Norfolk Naval Station is the biggest naval installation in the world. But, Kerry said last November, “the land it is built on is literally sinking.”
That was just weeks before the big United Nations climate change conference in Paris, and Kerry was framing climate change as a national security issue.
“By fueling extreme weather events, undermining our military readiness, exacerbating conflicts around the world — climate change is a threat to the security of the United States,” Kerry said.
Norfolk is the home port for the cruisers, destroyers and battleships of the Atlantic Fleet. Rising sea levels and increasing storm […]
Maybe I’m just dense. It seems to me that all of the predictions about sea level rise go from on extreme (current conditions) to the other (where will we be in 2100). Well, I don’t know about you, but the sea level is going to be rising steadily, all during that period. While I think it’s smart to make these predictions, these changes aren’t going to happen in a second. We are going to have to address climate right along the next 70 years or so. I’ve never seen an article treat this subject this way. HOW do we need to be planning NOW, not in 2100?
If you read SR regularly you know that I encourage local communities to become aware of specifically what is coming in their locale and to begin a sensible non-hysterical program to prepare for that. Different regions have very different issues although generally it centers around water, water is destiny. There is either going to be too much or too little.
— Stephan