John F Kennedy said that rising tides floated all boats, but he hadn’t heard of global warming. And while more boats will be floated, it is certain that more coastal cities will either be drowned or will have to invest heavily on coastal protection.
An overheating planet is melting glaciers, raising sea levels and threatening cities from Mumbai to Guangzhou. Half the world already lives within 60 kilometers (37 miles) of the sea, according to the United Nations. Waters creeped up an average 3.2 millimeters a year between 1993 and 2009 mean sea levels may rise by between 26 centimeters (10 inches) and 82 centimeters this century, the UN estimates.
Compounding this is a recent study published in Nature magazine, showing this rise is accelerating and is now 25% greater than first estimated.
These cities face being underwater by 2050
More than that here’s the view of Asia should all the ice caps melt…
The most vulnerable
