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New map shows how devasted the climate is predicted to be where you live (bgr.com)
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A new climate change map shows predictions for just how devastated the future climate will be in various places around the world. The map, which is called The Future Urban Climates, allows interested users to explore how their home area’s climate might change going forward.

The data used to create the map comes from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and it was created by University of Maryland spatial ecologist Matthew Fitzpatrick to showcase the future of climate change up to 2080.

Of course, all of the changes showcased on the climate change map are just predictions based on current trends of extreme storms, fires, floods, droughts, heat waves, and cold snaps—all of which continue to hit us harder each year.

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[–] alekwithak 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Florida will be like Mexico in 2080? Somehow I think Florida will be more like Atlantis, but I guess we'll see.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

We can only hope.

[–] DarthFrodo 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sea level rise takes a lot of time. The projections I saw were somewhere around 1 m by 2100 and 10 m by 2300, depending on the amount of warming of course. I think hurricanes will be a bigger issue for them in this century.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Those sea level rise projections are global. There will be local differences. I don't know what that means for Florida though.

Similar to how on land we'll probably see higher temps than the global average, just because the sea is able to absorb so much more energy.

Also recent studies may indicate that melt rates in the Antarctic are higher than previously thought.