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Saturday, October 3, 2020

Drowning American Homes


In the twelvemonth 2050 the isle of New Orleans volition innovate a novel twice daily ferry service carrying passengers across the Pontchartrain Sea betwixt the isle metropolis together with the mainland port at Baton Rouge. In the twelvemonth 2060 the isle volition rename itself New Venice.

From the twelvemonth 2100 the metropolis volition survive colloquially remembered equally New Atlantis.

Climate Central together with Zillow accept released a novel written report exploring the jeopardy to novel homes from ascension seas. At the instant belongings developers are largely ignoring the threat of global warming together with proceed to cook on areas that inwards the hereafter volition survive at jeopardy from flooding. Ocean at the Door claims that 10,000 novel homes (built subsequently 2009) volition survive at jeopardy of flooding every unmarried twelvemonth yesteryear the twelvemonth 2050.

Buzzfeed News has created an interactive map which visualizes how the USA could survive affected yesteryear ascension seas inwards the twelvemonth 2050. If y'all movement into an address into the map y'all tin persuasion a visualization of where the sea marking mightiness survive nether dissimilar climate alter models. The Is Your Home at Risk of Flooding map likewise allows y'all to come across how many local homes are at jeopardy of flooding. If y'all click on the map y'all tin abide by out how many local homes accept been built inwards inundation jeopardy zones since 2010, how many local homes are at jeopardy of flooding together with the combined value of all these homes at jeopardy of flooding.