22 Cities Threatened By Global Sea Level Rise
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It's happening. The West Antarctic ice sheet is melting. So is Greenland. And that means the global sea level is rising.
Some of Europe's oldest and most prominent cities will be erased by the sea. Southeast Asian beaches flooded. U.S. city streets to become swamp marshes.
A new study just published documents 49 UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) located in the Mediterranean are threatened by sea-level rise. Approximately one third of these WHS are located in Italy (15), followed by Croatia (7), Greece (4), and Tunisia (4).
The sea level has risen 8 inches since 1990. Scientists project that the sea level will rise another 2 to 7 feet by the end of the century. The increase is due to the heat caused by CO2 emissions trapped in our atmosphere, which serves as the catalyst for the melting ice sheets across the globe.
We wanted to share a list of incredible and mind-blowing cities around the world that are about to be underwater. Now is the time to visit as many as you can and take in each cities' history and culture before it's ruined by the sea.
Make sure to take pictures to show your grandchildren, they probably don't believe these places actually existed.
Venice, Italy
Image by Nicolò Di Giovanni
Barcelona, Spain
Image by Tyler Hendy
Nuuk, Greenland
Image by Thomas Leth-Olsen
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Image by Phil Roeder.
Victoria, Seychelles
Image by Didier Baertschiger.
New York City, New York, United States
Image by valor kopeny
Bangkok, Thailand
Image by Evan Krause
Istanbul, Turkey
Image by Fré Sonneveld
Marseille, France
Image by Ludovic Lubeigt
Singapore
Image by Khendi Lee
London, England
Image by Sapphire & Elm Travel Co.
Durban, South Africa
Image by Chris Eason
Rome, Italy
Image by Melanie van Leeuwen
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Image credit Isabella Jusková
St. Petersberg, Russia
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Image by John Weinhardt
Kolcatta, India
Miami, Florida
Image by Mohmed Althani
Tokyo, Japan
Image by Sven Scheuermeier
Alexandria, Egypt
Image by Osama Awny
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Image by Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, License CC-BY-SA 3.0
Nanumea, Tuvalu
Image by Russavia
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Sources:
Business Insider: Cities that will be Underwater Because of Climate Change
Weather: 20 Cities with the Most to Lose from Rising Seas
Climate Change News: Major Cities Threatened by Rapid Sea Level Rise
Business Insider: Animated Map Shows What Europe Would Look Like If All Earth's Ice Melted
Business Insider: Rising Sea Levels Could Cause Staggering Damage To These Cities