Guardian’s Maps Of Climate Catastrophe

By Paul Homewood

As regular as clockwork, the Guardian wheels out its “cities underwater” warnings:

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A series of detailed maps have laid bare the scale of possible forest fires, floods, droughts and deluges that Europe could face by the end of the century without urgent action to adapt to and confront global heating.

An average one-metre rise in sea levels by the end of the century – without any flood prevention action – would mean 90% of the surface of Hull would be under water, according to the European Environment Agency.

English cities including Norwich, Margate, Southend-on-Sea, Runcorn and Blackpool could also experience flooding covering more than 40% of the urban area.

Across the North Sea, Dutch cities including the Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden were predicted to face severe floods from an average one metre sea-level rise, which is forecast if emissions rise 4C–6C above pre-industrial levels.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/10/fires-floods-maps-europe-climate-catastrophe

Back in the real world, sea levels around Britain have been rising at about 1.9mm/year, with no sign of acceleration: