Analysis shows that rising sea levels driven by climate change will severely impact many key oil ports globally. The study highlights the vulnerability of these ports, including Ras Tanura and Yanbu in Saudi Arabia, Houston and Galveston in the US, and others in the UAE, China, Singapore, and the Netherlands.
Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates. Scientists said the threat was ironic as fossil fuel burning causes global heating. They said reducing emissions by moving to renewable energy would halt global heating and deliver more reliable energy. Thirteen of the ports with the highest supertanker traffic will be seriously damaged by just one metre of sea level rise, the analysis found.
The researchers said two low-lying ports in– Ras Tanura and Yanbu – were particularly vulnerable. Both are operated by Aramco, the Saudi state oil firm, and 98 per cent of the country’s oil exports leave via these ports. The oil ports of Houston and Galveston in the US, the world’s biggest oil producer, are also on the list, as are ports in the United Arab Emirates, China, Singapore and the Netherlands.The latest science published by the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) shows one metre of sea level rise is now inevitable within a century or so and could come as early as 2070 if ice sheets collapse and emissions are not curbed. An even more catastrophic rise of three metres is probably inevitable in the next millennium or two and could arrive as soon as the early 2100s. Sea level rise is already causing problems around the world even before it overtops coastline developments. The rise to date means storm surges are higher and significantly more likely to cause coastal flooding, while infiltration of saltwater into coastal land can corrode foundations, the researchers not
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