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Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by 60-Second Science. Extreme sea level rise could swamp internet cabling and hubs by 2033—and coastal cities like New York, Seattle and Miami are at greatest risk. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Aired July 20, 2018
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Lori G
2033 is 15 years away. I’m not saying anything good or bad about the rising sea levels. I am only saying, think how far the “modern” age of computers and computer services have developed since 2003. I believe that the foreknowledge of this Internet problem will be fixed by 2033. Otherwise, it will show that multimillion dollar companies have enough money to close their businesses. We’ll see.
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Chris R
You may be right but what you're referring to is the hardware and software at each end of a communication segment that has improved. Only in the past 10 years has there been more investment into infrastructure of the segments and that's just bandwidth related. Very little has been done to harden anything against more extreme weather / environments. The segments may get fixed but then you still have to rely on the hardware not getting exposed and power being reliable. Everything still needs power
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