When it comes to the future, this headline says it all:
Up to 630 million people could be threatened by rising seas
[NewScientist, 2 November 2019]
So far, forecasts are getting worse, not better.
Up to 630 million people are living on land threatened by flooding from sea level rises by the end of the century – three times as many as previously thought, according to a new analysis.
The greatest increase in risk was found for communities living in Asian megacities, due to the way earlier estimates were worked out.
The change is due to better technology at understanding the true elevation of a city. Skyscrapers were confusing the software doing the estimates.
If these estimates are accurate, I wonder where these 630 million people will go.
