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We all know it, we all feel it. We are destroying our planet. Slowly but surely, the average global temperature is rising and melting all the ice on our planet, resulting in the water level rising. Soon, the water level will be so high it will cover cities and people's homes.

That's what the researchers at Climate Central wanted to show with their project. They took famous places we all know and love and showed how they may look in 2050 if the climate continues to worsen as it has been doing. By 2050, the global temperature will be 3°C higher and many cities near the coasts will be lost underwater. If we don't do anything, in just 30 years we will have devastating results.

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Plaza De La Catedral, Havana, Cuba

Plaza De La Catedral, Havana, Cuba

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Shad Cooper
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Plaza is a mere two blocks from the waters of Havana Port. This rendering is very realistic.

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On their website, Climate Central writes: "Climate and energy choices this decade will influence how high sea levels rise for hundreds of years. Which future will we choose?" Their main goal is to research the effects of climate change on our world. If we continue the way we are now, the future will be quite grim.

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Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Maysha Rahman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish it will never happen. By the way, I live in front of it. I can see it from my room. 15-6166f8c9764a4.jpg 15-6166f8c9764a4.jpg

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Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

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The science research website Iopscience wrote about this issue in more depth: "A portion of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions will stay in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, rising temperatures and sea levels globally. Most nations' emissions-reduction policies and actions do not seem to reflect this long-term threat, as collectively they point toward widespread permanent inundation of many developed areas. Using state-of-the-art new global elevation and population data, we show here that, under high emissions scenarios leading to 4○C warming and a median projected 8.9 m of global mean sea level rise within a roughly 200- to 2000-year envelope, 50 major cities, mostly in Asia, would need to defend against globally unprecedented levels of exposure, if feasible, or face partial to near-total extent area losses."

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Statue Of Liberty National Monument, New York, New York, United States

Statue Of Liberty National Monument, New York, New York, United States

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"Nationally, China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, global leaders in recent coal plant construction, have the largest contemporary populations occupying land below projected high tide lines, alongside Bangladesh. We employ this population-based metric as a rough index for the potential exposure of the largely immovable built environment embodying cultures and economies as they exist today. Based on median sea-level projections, at least one large nation on every continent but Australia and Antarctica would face exceptionally high exposure: land home to at least one-tenth and up to two-thirds of the current population falling below the tideline. Many small island nations are threatened with near-total loss. The high tide line could encroach above land occupied by as much as 15 percent of the current global population (about one billion people). By contrast, meeting the most ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement will likely reduce exposure by roughly half and may avoid globally unprecedented defense requirements for any coastal megacity exceeding a contemporary population of 10 million."

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, India

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, India

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole thing is under water? I am trying to understand the angle.

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H.r. Macmillan Space Centre, Vancouver, Canada

H.r. Macmillan Space Centre, Vancouver, Canada

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Climate Center based their project on this research and created the images you see. On their website, you can even see a map of all the risk zones and choose the temperature you want. Then you can check out the country, region, or city you live in and see just how much it would get affected by the rising sea levels.

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Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas, United States

Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas, United States

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Nationals Park, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

Nationals Park, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

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Temple Of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam

Temple Of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Riverside Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Riverside Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan

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The Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

The Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

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Paul Brennan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This really makes me sad...I mean just look at the shabby quality of the photoshopping...

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Downtown San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Downtown San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Queen Square, Bristol, United Kingdom

Queen Square, Bristol, United Kingdom

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El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California, United States

El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California, United States

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Tower Of London, London, United Kingdom

Tower Of London, London, United Kingdom

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Mazer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

London and many other cities along the Thames as well as most lower elevation developments especially along waterways will be impacted.

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Lincoln Park, Newark, New Jersey, United States

Lincoln Park, Newark, New Jersey, United States

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

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Highway 2, Mayagüez, United States

Highway 2, Mayagüez, United States

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King's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

King's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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The Pentagon, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

The Pentagon, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

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California State Capitol Building, Sacramento, California, United States

California State Capitol Building, Sacramento, California, United States

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Mazer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sacramento has been the site of a couple of bid flooding events. If Sacramento is flooded then most of the SF BAY area us flooded, including most of low lying Silicon Valley

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Casino Marina Del Sol, Talcahuano, Chile

Casino Marina Del Sol, Talcahuano, Chile

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Brighton Palace Pier, Brighton, United Kingdom

Brighton Palace Pier, Brighton, United Kingdom

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Catedral Basílica De La Inmaculada Concepción, Mazatlán, Mexico

Catedral Basílica De La Inmaculada Concepción, Mazatlán, Mexico

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Plaza De España, Seville, Spain

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Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland

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Magnolia Park, Houston, Texas, United States

Magnolia Park, Houston, Texas, United States

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Nazda Pokmov
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Houston is already something like 5' under water level to begin with and always floods...

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Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate De Nice (Nice Cathedral), Nice, France

Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate De Nice (Nice Cathedral), Nice, France

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Patriots Theater At The Trenton War Memorial, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Patriots Theater At The Trenton War Memorial, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

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Bridge Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bridge Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Trisec
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Old North is at the top of Copp’s Hill. Going to take a lot of climate change to flood that.

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Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Newcastle Museum, Newcastle, Australia

Newcastle Museum, Newcastle, Australia

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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

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Enap Bio Bio Refinery, Hualpén, Chile

Enap Bio Bio Refinery, Hualpén, Chile

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Australian Centre For Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia

Australian Centre For Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia

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Blue Train Park, Cape Town, South Africa

Blue Train Park, Cape Town, South Africa

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Merchant City, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Merchant City, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Torre Del Oro, Seville, Spain

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Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

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Bob Stuart
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of the worst examples of erroneous greenery. These trees should be bare and broken by that date.

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Cathedral Of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium

Cathedral Of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium

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Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Shelby Rinck
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If they hadn't been making these same predictions for the last 50 years it would carry more weight. You can't keep telling people they only have so many years left, and then passing that milestone and then tell them the same thing over and over. Read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".

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