Nightmare vision of underwater Britain
From The Scotsman: Nightmare vision of underwater Britain
THE UK’s major coastal cities could be submerged as a result of massive sea-level rises over the next two centuries, transforming the British mainland into a string of islands, according to latest research.
The team unveiled three potential scenarios:
• A seven-metre rise in sea levels if the Greenland or West Antarctic Ice Sheet melted.
• A 13-metre rise if both the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheet melted.
• An 84-metre rise if the East Antarctic Ice Sheet also melted.
Here’s another of pyrator’s fantastic renderings that shows with devestating clarity the impact of a 6 meter rise in sea level on the city of London.
And here’s a similar style of image from the university of Arizona, that shows Florida at 5 meters. The yellow shaded areas represent urban areas.
If you know people who live in Florida or London, or The Netherlands you may want to warn them that at the very least their property values are about to plunge. — DS
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