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When Sea Levels Attack!

How long have we got?

years sea level


TOTAL
8000 years CONTRIBUTIONS
8000 80m

Antarctic ice sheet


(South Pole)
73m

Greenland ice sheet


1000 20m 6.5m

New York London Taipei


8m

800 years
7m

400 6m
Shanghai Edinburgh

5m
South London
New Orleans
300 4m (lowest levee)

200 3m
80 years
All other ice
Los Angeles San Lower
(Arctic included)
2m Hamburg Saint (Seafront) Francisco Manhattan 0.5m
Petersburg
Amsterdam by 2100,
100 1m worst case
scenario: 1m
Venice Already happened
since 1870
20cm
David McCandless // V3.0// Feb 2014 Note: Source: IPCC, NASA,
Illustration: Laura Sullivan, Joe Swainson, Fabio Bergamaschi Heights above sea level Realclimate.org,
vary across cities. NewScientist.com,
Lowest points used Potsdam institute,
InformationIsBeautiful.net Sea Level Explorer

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