JAMESTOWN, WALL STREET OTHER FAMOUS SITE THREATENED BY WATER RISE

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SETH BORENSTEIN,AP - Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first
American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad
that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are
predicting. . . Global warming - through a combination of melting
glaciers, disappearing ice sheets and warmer waters expanding - is
expected to cause oceans to rise by one meter, or about 39 inches. It
will happen regardless of any future actions to curb greenhouse gases,
several leading scientists say. And it will reshape the nation.

Rising waters will lap at the foundations of old money Wall Street and
the new money towers of Silicon Valley. They will swamp the locations of
big city airports and major interstate highways.

Storm surges worsened by sea level rise will flood the waterfront
getaways of rich politicians - the Bushes' Kennebunkport and John
Edwards' place on the Outer Banks. And gone will be many of the beaches
in Texas and Florida favored by budget-conscious students on Spring
Break. . .

Few of the more than two dozen climate experts interviewed disagree with
the one-meter projection. Some believe it could happen in 50 years,
others say 100, and still others say 150.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070922/ap_on_sc/rising_seas

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