3C & counting

Santa Monica Pier, California today contrasted with the project sea level rise with 3C warning. Composite Climate Central

Without action, the world's temperature will rise by 3C - 5.4 F by 2100. With luck, knowing how phase transitions are exponential and not linear, the heat index could be even higher.

Fifty major cities, mostly in Asia, and at least one large nation on every continent but Australia and Antarctica are at risk. Many small island nations are threatened with near total loss of their land.

The collection of images and videos produced by the non-profit Climate Central visualize future sea level rise if the world fails to meet emissions reduction targets. The images show what areas of the world can be saved and which could be lost, taking with them the heritage and history of these coastal communities.

Space Center Houston, present day

Space Center Houston, +1.5C

Space Center Houston, +3C

Santa Monica Pier, present day

Santa Monica Pier, +1.5C

Santa Monica Pier, +3C

The researchers applied different scenarios of warming to determine where communities are most vulnerable within the next 200 to 2,000 years.

“We’ve seen about a foot of sea level rise over the last century,” Strauss said. “Looking forward we’re talking about 10 feet rise in the best case scenario and 30 feet in the worst.” In a higher warming scenario of 4C, sea level could rise to cover land where 15% of the global population live.

Remember, Lovelock warned us, Exxon deceived us ... Houston, we have a problem.