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<blockquote data-quote="Kalevalatar" data-source="post: 72100878" data-attributes="member: 116770"><p>Actually, not all places were created equal. Unlike the US East and West Coasts that are heavily affected by the melting Antarctica and where the sea level rise is three times worse than the average, Finland and neighbouring Sweden are the only place on Earth where the sea level is <em>falling</em>, not rising, due to post-glacial rebound (which makes it even worse for the US side of the North American plate as it means the US landmass is sinking), i.e. land in Finland rises faster than the sea level, meaning Finnish landmass is -- lucky for us! -- increasing. And since Finland doesn't border the great vast oceans, Finland won't suffer from extreme storms and tsunamis that will make it even worse on those coastal plains. </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/glacial-rebound-the-not-so-solid-earth" target="_blank">Glacial Rebound: The Not So Solid Earth</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/why_sea_level_is_falling_in_finland_and_sweden.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Only Place in the World Where Sea Level Is Falling, Not Rising</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/why_sea_level_is_falling_in_finland_and_sweden.html" target="_blank">In Sweden and Finland, it’s the land that’s technically rising faster than the sea</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As a Land of a Thousand Lakes and ranking as the world's top source of fresh water, we do take our water seriously. Selling water in the future is not a joke, as climate change will exacerbate the global fresh water shortage via the two extremities of no water (Middle East) or too much water, meaning contaminated water sources and fresh water sources taken over by rising sea water unfit for human consumption. We are already exporting our "pure Arctic drinking water" to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates. It's an exponentially growing business. </p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170412-is-the-world-running-out-of-fresh-water" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170412-is-the-world-running-out-of-fresh-water</a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/16/new-nasa-studies-show-how-the-world-is-running-out-of-water/?utm_term=.fe4b4c4f6ee2" target="_blank">New NASA data show how the world is running out of water</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gurufocus/2016/04/05/gurus-invest-in-water-stocks-as-risk-to-resource-grows/#10c4facd3434" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/gurufocus/2016/04/05/gurus-invest-in-water-stocks-as-risk-to-resource-grows/#10c4facd3434</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/article/climate-change-spurs-growing-investment-in-water-stocks-cm602493" target="_blank">Climate Change Spurs Growing Investment In Water Stocks</a></p><p></p><p>In addition to being a potential big water power, forestry is also strong in Finland ("Finland lives off of its forests" is the well known motto here) and will benefit from climate change which makes trees grow faster. Whereas our agriculture, which has suffered from the diadvantage of our Arctic latitudes and short growing periods, is also predicted to florish with warming climate. Our domestic energy use for heating and insulation costs, meanwhile, will fall.</p><p><a href="https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2016/10/02/berner-nar-arktis-smalter-kan-finland-tjana-pengar" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2016/10/02/berner-nar-arktis-smalter-kan-finland-tjana-pengar" target="_blank">When the Arctic melts, Finland can profit -- The Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications </a></p><p><a href="https://www.sitra.fi/en/news/finland-well-placed-become-winner/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sitra.fi/en/news/finland-well-placed-become-winner/" target="_blank">Finland well placed to become a winner</a></p><p></p><p>Sure, it's not fair that a prosperous country like Finland -- a developed country that is part of the problem that accelerates climate change -- will likely prosper even more at the expense of the climate change. Nevertheless, currently it looks like there will be few "winners," but Finland is estimated to be one of those to profit from climate change as a country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kalevalatar, post: 72100878, member: 116770"] Actually, not all places were created equal. Unlike the US East and West Coasts that are heavily affected by the melting Antarctica and where the sea level rise is three times worse than the average, Finland and neighbouring Sweden are the only place on Earth where the sea level is [I]falling[/I], not rising, due to post-glacial rebound (which makes it even worse for the US side of the North American plate as it means the US landmass is sinking), i.e. land in Finland rises faster than the sea level, meaning Finnish landmass is -- lucky for us! -- increasing. And since Finland doesn't border the great vast oceans, Finland won't suffer from extreme storms and tsunamis that will make it even worse on those coastal plains. [URL='https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/glacial-rebound-the-not-so-solid-earth']Glacial Rebound: The Not So Solid Earth[/URL] [URL='http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/why_sea_level_is_falling_in_finland_and_sweden.html'][B]The Only Place in the World Where Sea Level Is Falling, Not Rising[/B] In Sweden and Finland, it’s the land that’s technically rising faster than the sea[/URL] As a Land of a Thousand Lakes and ranking as the world's top source of fresh water, we do take our water seriously. Selling water in the future is not a joke, as climate change will exacerbate the global fresh water shortage via the two extremities of no water (Middle East) or too much water, meaning contaminated water sources and fresh water sources taken over by rising sea water unfit for human consumption. We are already exporting our "pure Arctic drinking water" to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates. It's an exponentially growing business. [URL='http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170412-is-the-world-running-out-of-fresh-water'][/URL] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/16/new-nasa-studies-show-how-the-world-is-running-out-of-water/?utm_term=.fe4b4c4f6ee2']New NASA data show how the world is running out of water[/URL] [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/gurufocus/2016/04/05/gurus-invest-in-water-stocks-as-risk-to-resource-grows/#10c4facd3434'][/URL] [URL='http://www.nasdaq.com/article/climate-change-spurs-growing-investment-in-water-stocks-cm602493']Climate Change Spurs Growing Investment In Water Stocks[/URL] In addition to being a potential big water power, forestry is also strong in Finland ("Finland lives off of its forests" is the well known motto here) and will benefit from climate change which makes trees grow faster. Whereas our agriculture, which has suffered from the diadvantage of our Arctic latitudes and short growing periods, is also predicted to florish with warming climate. Our domestic energy use for heating and insulation costs, meanwhile, will fall. [URL='https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2016/10/02/berner-nar-arktis-smalter-kan-finland-tjana-pengar'] When the Arctic melts, Finland can profit -- The Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications [/URL] [URL='https://www.sitra.fi/en/news/finland-well-placed-become-winner/'] Finland well placed to become a winner[/URL] Sure, it's not fair that a prosperous country like Finland -- a developed country that is part of the problem that accelerates climate change -- will likely prosper even more at the expense of the climate change. Nevertheless, currently it looks like there will be few "winners," but Finland is estimated to be one of those to profit from climate change as a country. [/QUOTE]
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