Because of the statements and reports The foreigner who talks about the sinking of Basra by the year 2100 met with 1NEWS channel with a group of researchers and specialists in water affairs at the Center for Marine Sciences. It is premature, as the sea level rise does not exceed 2 cm annually At Basra University, a meeting was held with 
 the Director-General of the Center for Marine Sciences, Prof. Dr. Abdul-Zahra Abdul-Rasoul, explained, in turn, that this Statements may be earlier
The sea level does not exceed 2 cm annually, which may take long periods for the sea level to rise to the point that causes drowning. Therefore, in the next 100 years, there will be no problem in Basra, and the dams are sufficient to ward off the risk of floods. As for Dr. Ali Basil, he explained that the rising sea level The sea will reach 84 cm in the northwest of the Arabian Gulf by the year 2100, according to the report of ROBME, while Dr. Manaf Qassem stressed that he did not support the theory of the sinking of Basra and coastal cities to the extent that it would cause their destruction, based on mathematical calculations