Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
> Subject: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet
> Date: July 23, 2018 at 10:01:12 AM GMT+9
> To: nanog () nanog org
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>
> https://www.popsci.com/sea-level-rise-internet-infrastructure
>
> Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet, sooner than you think
>
> [...]
> Despite its magnitude, this network is increasingly vulnerable to sea levels inching their way higher, according to 
> research presented at an academic conference in Montreal this week. The findings estimate that within 15 years, 
> thousands of miles of what should be land-bound cables in the United States will be submerged underwater.
>
> “Most of the climate change-related impacts are going to happen very soon,” says Paul Barford, a computer scientist 
> at the University of Wisconsin and lead author of the paper.
> [...]




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