With the brutal heatwave – named Cerberus – sweeping across southern Europe, and taking land temperatures to 60C in some places, fears about global warming have spiked once again. AdvertisementThe visuals examine how natural disasters, flooding, acid rain, along with land erosion and rising sea levels, may alter some of the world’s most beloved landscapes by 2050. Rising sea levels could submerge the majority of London docks and suburbs near the Thames by 2050, meaning those famous tourist attractions – the London Eye, Parliament and London Bridge – might all be underwater... Roads may then melt, so road trips wouldn’t exactly be ideal – and regular wildfires may worsen visibility. Beyond 1.5C, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientists say climate change will reach an irreversible “tipping point”.

Source: Huffington Post July 18, 2023 01:43 UTC