The entire world faces great challenges. Humans are the only ones responsible for caring for the planet and it seems that we don’t have been doing very well. Global warming is a reality. The summers are increasingly hot and the most temperate winters. The climate is changing throughout the globe to a frantic pace whose consequences will be devastating for the entire humanity. We are not talking about apocalypse, we are referring to world thaw.
Indeed, the increase in world thaw seriously threatens the planet’s coast, which translates into practical purposes a rise in sea level would submerge some of the most important cities in each continent. This is a serious problem that will have a brutal impact on the lives of all people, of all corners and all nationalities. Of course, the economy will also be seriously diminished and environmental catastrophes will be more frequent and severe. In ecology, we show those cities that can disappear under the waters through world thaw.
What cities could disappear due to the thaw of the planet
According to the latest report published by National Geographic, if we do not reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, in about 5,000 years or perhaps before (we will not know but future generations will live in their flesh) the average temperature of the earth will amount to 14ºC and all the ice on the planet will melt completely. Do you know what happens when you put an ice cube in a microwave? Well, the same but on a planetary scale. The result: a feared 66 meter rise at sea level throughout the earth’s surface.
If the forecasts are true, something quite contrasted by the scientific community, the big cities located on the coast would literally be under the maritime surface. The main ones would be
- Europe: Venice and London and Barcelona, among others.
- America: New York, Miami, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro, are some of the cities that could disappear or be flooded largely.
- Asia: Seoul, Manila and Shanghai, in addition to several countries made up of small islands.
- Africa: Tunisia and Cairo would be the most affected African cities.
- Oceania: Whole countries that are formed by islands, such as Palaos and the Solomon Islands, in addition to Melbourne and Sydney, in Australia, and Wllington and Christchurch, in New Zealand.
The panorama is not very hopeful. It is true that the temporary horizon is very far, we will not suffer directly, nor our children, nor the children of our children, but if we are leaving for tomorrow the solutions will arrive a day that will be too late. We cannot afford to continue looking at another place as if nothing happened here. It is happening and the pollution continues in the air. We must now act to save the planet of the future and not become the generation responsible for its destruction.
Discover in this other ecology article see the consequences of the thaw of the poles.
Cities in Europe that will disappear due to world thaw
With such an increase in the level of the seas and oceans, in Europe they would see flooded by the waters of the thaw the following cities:
- London
- Venice
- Barcelona
- Lisbon
- Rome
In addition, countries like Holland and Denmark They would be practically flooded in its entirety.
Cities of America that will be under the waters of the thaw
In the case of North Americathe Florida Peninsula will be the one that will take the worst part, leaving it completely submerged under the water. Cities as crowded as Miami will literally disappear from the map, never better. Nor are New York (photo header), Washington, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Everyone would pay these effects of the thaw.
In South Americacities like Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo or Lima would also be underwater.
Asia cities in danger of being flooded with the thaws
If the levels of the oceans and seas rise as much as it is expected if the following are followed at this rhythm Asian cities would be flooded:
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Tokyo
- Seoul
- Hong Kong
- Manila
In addition, very coastal countries or formed by islands could disappear completely or keep the water to the neck, such as Singapore and Japan.
Cities of Africa that could disappear due to thaw
Africa will be the continent that will best resist the rise in the water level. However, the effect of the thaw would reach north with Tunisia and Cairoas well as on the west coast impacting the surrounding cities to Gulf of Guinealike Dakar.
Oceania cities that are at risk of disappearing due to thaw
Finally, Australia that is still a gigantic island will not be saved from floods that will cover important cities of its geography such as SydneyAdelaida and Melbourne. In addition, other countries of this continent formed by small islands could disappear completely, such as Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Fiyi, Micronesia or Palaos. New Zealand would also be flooded in part, losing cities like Wellington and Christchurch.
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