Andmanyscientistsexpectthatthatrateofriseisgoingtoaccelerateacrossthecourseofthe 21stcentury, tothepointwhere, attheend, in 2100, wemightsee a risebyasmuchas 2.7 m.
ThecurrentsystemthattheDutchhavebuiltisuptothestandardthat a singlefloodcouldbeexpectedinthewestofthecountryaboutonceevery 10,000 years, andintherestofthecountrythat's lessinhabitedaboutonceevery 4000 years.
Butthecurrentsystemisnotbuiltaccordingtotheworstcaseprojectionsforsealevelrisebytheendofthe 21stcenturyifsealevelsdoinfactenduprisingupto 2.7 m higherthanwhattheyaretoday.
Entertheproposalmadeby a DutchscientistandhisGermancolleague.
オランダの科学者とドイツ人の同僚の提案を入力してください。
DubbedtheNorthernEuropeanenclosureDamnorneedforshort, theproposalcallsfortheconstructionof a SirisofcolossaldamsaroundtheperimeteroftheNorthSeaandtheEnglishChannelinordertoblocktherisingsealevelsfromgettinginsideandthreateningnorthernEurope.
TheshorterofthesesectionswouldbebuiltacrossthechannelfromCornwallinEnglandovertoBrittanyinFrance, a distanceof 161 kilometersacrossanaveragedepthofroughly 85 m.
Britain's wholeidentityissowrappedupintobeinganislandandbeingseparatedfromtherestofEurope, soactuallybeingconnectedby a pieceoflandtotheEuropeanUnionandtheEuropeancontinentthatpeopleandvehiclescouldjustmovefreelyacrossbackandforththatcouldn't beprotectedordefendedbytheRoyalNavywouldcertainlybe a problemto a lotofpeople.
I'm sure I alsocannotpossiblyimagine a scenarioinwhichRussiawouldbehappythatthey'reBalticSeaFleetandportswouldbetrappedwithinwhat's essentially a bigbathtub.
As I'vesaidmanytimesinmanyvideosinthepast, Russia's entireidentityhasbeenbasedaroundovercomingbeingeffectivelylandlockedandtheirportsontheBalticSeaoroneoftheironlypathstotradeandnavalexpansionouttowardsthelargerglobalocean.
Whenyoubecome a memberofskillshare, youcouldtaketheseclassesaswellasthousandsofothersonnearlyanysubjectyoucanimagine, rangingfromproductivitytocinematographytofindartsandmawr.