Do you think is it true that philippines is possible to sink 10 years from now due to global warming?

Question

Do you think is it true that philippines is possible to sink 10 years from now due to global warming?

Answer 1

It's not possible.  Even if you were to melt every bit of ice on the planet (which is not going to happen), sea levels would not rise enough to cover the entire chain.  It may be possible to flood low-lying areas; but the Philippines also have numerous hilly and mountainous areas which would be well above sea level.

Note that because the area is seismically active, local subsidence (perhaps abrupt) is more likely to trigger flooding than increases in sea level.

Answer 2

not enough water on the planet. The levels would only rise up to 20cms in the next 150 years ....

Answer 3

No but I heard in the warmest period of the last interglacial period about 140,000 years ago, the sea was about 150 feet higher than today.  That might cause lower elevations to be underwater but they aren't going to sink from global warming.

Answer 4

No, they aren't going anywhere.

Answer 5

Strictly speaking, the answer is no - the Philippines won't "sink". They may have, however, be flooded or submerged by GW.

As others have said though, the Philippines, with a relatively low percentage of low-lying land is likely to be much less affected by sea levels rising up to 150 feet in the next 100 years than other places (e.g. northern Europe, eastern and gulf US, Bangladesh, many pacific island nations, etc)

Answer 6

I heard that the sea levels will rise over the next few years....how much will it rise, it's anyone guess.  They say that Wall Street in NYC will be a underwater within 20 years.  It haunts me in the back of my mind.

Answer 7

Sure it's a possibility.

Answer 8

not at all.... maybe in a few hundred

Answer 9

The Philippine islands are not floating on water so it won't sink.  However, a global warming event enough to cause 14 meter rise above sea level can flood some of the cities and towns that are situated along the perimeter of the islands.

About more than 90% of the land will still remain above water.

http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=12.8547,12...

Hope this helps!

Answer 10

No.

But Pres. Arroyo did institute order 171, creating a Presidential Task Force to study global climate change and identify and enact solutions.  Angelo Reyes is heading the program.

The nation is expecting to deal with rising sea levels and an increase in severe weather episodes.

Answer 11

no it may become smaller but will probably only be covered in 40-50 years

Answer 12

Not possible.   Each time I went by them I marveled at the mountains coming down to the waters edge.   There are other island countries that are having problems, but they aren't more than 10 feet at their highest points.

Answer 13

The IPCC have put the figure of 24in as the probable sea rise by the end of this century, last time I checked the end of this century was ~90 years away, and most of the Philippines was considerably higher than 24in.

Answer 14

nope