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Re:Much of the Greenland ice sheet appears to have melted ab... by mirimir on Saturday December 17, 2016 @10:11PM (#13204108)
Well, maybe so. But the point is that it wasn't much warmer when much of Greenland's ice melted than it is now. Will I live long enough to see Greenland melt off? It's hard to say. But it's a fair bet that some of you, or some of your kids, will. So maybe don't buy on the coast ;)
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Re:Much of the Greenland ice sheet appears to have melted ab... by danieltillett on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:54AM (#13205117)
... or just make sure to buy somewhere like Dover [1].

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cliffs_of_Dover

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Re:Much of the Greenland ice sheet appears to have melted ab... by Kudos on Sunday December 18, 2016 @07:42AM (#13205604)
You probably still want to be a couple of kilometres inland.

> The cliff face continues to weather at an average rate of 1 centimetre (0.4 in) per year, although occasionally large pieces will fall. This occurred in 2001, when a large chunk of the edge, as large as a football pitch, fell into the Channel.

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Re:Much of the Greenland ice sheet appears to have melted ab... by danieltillett on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:16PM (#13207694)
Yes you probably want to build on a cliff made from something more resistant to coastal erosion than chalk.
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