Time to Start Building an Ark, Seattle? from Wildlife Promise
NWF’s latest and greatest report, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal
Habitats in the Pacific Northwest, is getting news hits all over
the place, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian and many other
regional papers. The report says that it is likely the Pacific
Northwest coast will see a significant rise in sea-
level–anywhere from 20-56 inches by 2100 if global warming is
left unchecked. “But wait,” you say, “20-56 inches that doesn’t
sound bad.” “But wait,” I say, “That is 20-56 inches of vertical
rise, which translates into many many feet when you talk
horizontal loss of land.” Check out more about the report at
www.nwf.org/sealevelrise–and don’t miss the cool Flash animation
of how sea-level rise will impact habitats!