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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 06:06 PM Nov 2015

See how the world’s cities will look with rising oceans

See how the world’s cities will look with rising oceans

Margaret Badore (@mbadore)
Science / Climate Change
November 9, 2015



Imagine the White House with an ocean front view or Trafalgar Square looking like a swimming pool. It may sound like something out of a Hollywood disaster movie, but these images are from 3D maps created by Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise. These fly-over videos of Buenos Aires, Durban, Hong Kong and other major cities are the latest mapping project from Climate Central to help people visualize the local consequences of global climate change.

More:
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/see-how-worlds-cities-will-look-rising-oceans.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29

Environment & Energy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112793443

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