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If sea levels rise across the next centuries, how might the High-Speed Train be impacted?

Flood Hazards

Pacific Institute Reports (March 2009)

Railroad Impacts: Railroads vulnerable to a 100-year coastal flood with a 1.4 m sea-level rise, http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise/report.pdf  Page 55-56. Portal for Report: http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise/index.htm  Executive Summary (PDF)  Full Report (PDF)  Maps GIS Data Downloads

Two Centuries or More

Most climate change models attempt to predict sea level rise across a 100 year time span. We feel that CHSRA should expand its worst case scenarios to a time span of 200 years or more as train infrastructures often persist over two hundred years,  This expanded time frame is necessary to meet the requirements of the bond issue 1A to protect the interests of the taxpayer.

• Current sea level rise (wikipedia)
• Report Forecasts Sea Level Rise to 4 feet by 2100
• Climate report: Expect 1,000-year sea-level rise
• Faster Rise In Sea Level Predicted From Melting Greenland Ice Sheet, Based On Lessons From Ice Age
• Forecast for big sea level rise (BBC)
• Global Sea Levels Likely To Rise Higher In 21st Century Than Previous Predictions
• How much future sea level rise? More evidence from models and ice sheet observations.
• NASA Climatologist Predicts Disastrous Sea Level Rise
• Sea level rise outpacing key predictions
• Sea Levels Won't Rise As Much As Predicted (NPR)
• The Greenland Ice
• Latest: Rising sea levels set to have major impacts around the world (3/2009) - http://climatecongress.ku.dk/newsroom/rising_sealevels/

Videos on Sea Level Rise

1. Climate Change Report: The Coast In 2050 (Southern California) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4siLZ5Gz1s
2. Disappearing Glaciers and the Rising Sea - Science Lecture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_iu2JipH04
3. Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXaruC4vJCU
4. Faster Sea Rise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XU4jcpyDC8