30 Eye-Opening Images Of What World Will Look Like If The Temperature Rises by 3°C by 2050

We better start doing something about it, don't you think?

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• April 5, 2022

We're all aware of it - we are destroying our planet. But are we doing something about it?

Sure, we all talk about how we need to step up and do something, but giving up on some of the luxuries we are used to is so damn hard. We don't want to walk instead of drive and we don't want to cut down on electricity use because we want our houses well lit.

The average global temperature is slowly but steadily rising, melting all of the ice on our globe and raising the water level. As a result, the water level will soon rise to the point where it will flood cities and people's houses.

Climate Central researchers aimed to demonstrate this with their project. They chose well-known locations that we all know and love and projected how they would look in 2050 if the climate continues to deteriorate at its current rate.

By 2050, global temperatures will have risen by 3°C, and many coastal cities will be submerged. If nothing is done, the consequences will be disastrous in just 30 years.

On their website, Climate Central writes: "Climate and energy choices this decade will influence how high sea levels rise for hundreds of years. Which future will we choose?"

Their primary objective is to investigate the effects of climate change on our planet. If we keep going in the same direction, the future will be bleak.

1. H.r. Macmillan Space Centre, Vancouver, Canada

2. Lloyds Amphitheatre, Bristol, United Kingdom

3. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

4. Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark

5. Riverside Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom

6. Statue Of Liberty National Monument, New York, New York, United States

7. El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California, United States

8. Casino Marina Del Sol, Talcahuano, Chile

9. The Bell Tower, Perth, Australia

10. Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan

11. Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

12. Tower Of London, London, United Kingdom

13. Temple Of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam

14. The Pentagon, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

15. Place Royale, Quebec City, Canada

16. Plaza De La Catedral, Havana, Cuba

17. Lincoln Park, Newark, New Jersey, United States

18. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

19. Royal Pavilion, Brighton, United Kingdom

20. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, India

21. The Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

22. Highway 2, Mayagüez, United States

23. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

24. California State Capitol Building, Sacramento, California, United States

25. Nationals Park, Washington D.c., District Of Columbia, United States

26. Downtown San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

27. Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas, United States

28. Queen Square, Bristol, United Kingdom

29. Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh

30. King's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

It is about time that we do something. We don’t have much time to turn the tides.

None of us can do much on our own, but if we all do a small thing like start going to work on foot, turn off the lights in the rooms we don’t use, and stop buying those individually wrapped pieces of cheese or meat, things could get better. It doesn’t take much for us to start the change.

And once we get things going, it gets easier from there.

Damjan