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Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates.

Scientists said the threat was ironic as fossil fuel burning causes global heating. They said reducing emissions by moving to renewable energy would halt global heating and deliver more reliable energy.

Thirteen of the ports with the highest supertanker traffic will be seriously damaged by just 1 metre of sea level rise, the analysis found. The researchers said two low-lying ports in Saudi Arabia – Ras Tanura and Yanbu – were particularly vulnerable. Both are operated by Aramco, the Saudi state oil firm, and 98% of the country’s oil exports leave via these ports.

The oil ports of Houston and Galveston in the US, the world’s biggest oil producer, are also on the list, as are ports in the United Arab Emirates, China, Singapore and the Netherlands.

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[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They will be when public funds get used to prop up an 'important economy' In the 'nations interest'

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Public funds, private profits.

This generation fucking sucks.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

And most other ports, so slightly less enjoyable as an irony.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait wait wait, i thought it was centimeters. Now suddenly they are talking about a meter and even 3 meters.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure why you thought it was just centimeters but yeah, shit's gonna get bad from what I've been reading.

[–] Tgo_up@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd like to see those sources. Sea level rise is sloooow!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well I have good news for you! The article you are commenting at this very moment on is such a source!

Congratulations on your good fortune friend.

[–] Tgo_up@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I read through the article and it does indeed say that scientist think we could experience 10m sea level rise over the coming centuries.

I read a lot about this issue around 10 years ago but I can see that the scientific consensus has changed since then.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Alanis giveth, Alanis taketh

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago

And why would todays leaders care, if these ports become unusable in 80-200 years?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We call this process "healing".

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Not when all that pollution gets into the sea.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 2 years ago

I guess a rising tide sinks all boats.

[–] booganiganie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I wonder who will pay for that🙄