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Amsterdam, Bangkok, Melbourne face worst threat by rising sea levels in view of Climate Change

February 13, 2020 4:16 PM |

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As per a new study, cities of Bangkok, Amsterdam and Melbourne will be the most affected because of Climate Change. Increase in temperatures globally and rise in sea levels will affect Bangkok way more than other places. The effect is expected to be at least a 100 times more as compared to coastal regions of St. Petersburg and Oslo.

However, the cities of Ho Chi Minh city as well as Amsterdam will face similar degrees of effect, the study claims. The study has used set of recognized coastal projections and climate risk analytics.

The fourth city at risk from rising sea levels was Cardiff after which London was seventh, out of 85 cities looked at. Melbourne, in the mean time, faces the most amount of risk from the expanded requirement for and accessibility of water, Nestpick's examination found.

The study presents horrid readings for inhabitants of numerous nations, or guests to them, where the climate as of now introduces difficulties. Numerous nations that are as of now horrendously sweltering in summer, face threat of temperature rises that will make life outside air conditioned rooms much harder.

Some cities which will experience the most extreme changes in atmosphere throughout the following three decades, are the absolute most well known cities with expats and temporary workers searching for options abroad.

Recent college grads, Gen Z-ers and those significantly younger will progressively need to remember climate change while looking for the city they might want to settle in.

While the UK Environmental Agency is intending to spend billions to handle flooding in London, and the Dutch have manufactured the Maeslantkering storm flood barrier, numerous countries might not have the cash-flow to set up such costly measures, or may not bolster the idea of countermeasures in any case.

The city that may see the most elevated increase in temperature from now and 2050 was Ljubljana in Slovenia, where the normal will ascend by 3.53 degrees Celsius.

In any case, many significant American and European cities were likewise in line for comparable rise in temperature. A few cities would see their climate type change through and through because of the temperature rise, with many seeing substantially more rains.

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