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The novel occurs mostly in a fictional future New York City, permanently inundated by two major rises in seawater levels caused by climate change. [1] Most of New York City is permanently underwater, however, people still live in the upper floors of the buildings, much like in the Venice of today.
Places where seawater and rainwater is pumped away are included. Fully natural places below sea level require a dry climate; otherwise, rain would exceed evaporation and fill the area. All figures are in meters below mean sea level (as locally defined), arranged by depth, lowest first:
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An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 metres (9,800 and 19,700 ft).Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface.
If there are very deep cuts in emissions, sea level rise would slow between 2050 and 2100. It could then reach by 2100 between 30 cm (1 ft) and 1.0 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 3 ft) from now and approximately 60 cm (2 ft) to 130 cm (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) from the 19th century. With high emissions it would instead accelerate further, and could rise by 50cm (1.6 ft ...
Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...
While the book is not focused on solutions, it recognizes solutions exist to prevent the worst of the damages: "a carbon tax and the political apparatus to aggressively phase out dirty energy; a new approach to agricultural practices and a shift away from beef and dairy in the global diet; and public investment in green energy and carbon capture".
The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke (1953 short story; 1957 novel) The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham (1953) [1] The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert (1956) [1] Dolphin Island by Arthur C. Clarke (1963) The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard (1966) Tunnel Through the Deeps by Harry Harrison (1972) The Godwhale by T. J. Bass (1974) The Illuminatus!