Posted on 07/16/2023 1:59:05 PM PDT by Libloather
From flooded cities to hellish wildfires and deadly droughts, gloomy climate reports constantly describe a world ruined by climate change.
But what would this actually look like?
Environmental specialist Marish Cuenca has partnered with DiscoverCars.com to create artistic depictions of tourist spots in just a quarter of a century from now.
London's Big Ben looks straight out of a disaster movie, straddled by a mass of murky floodwater, while the Pyramids of Giza are home to a toxic urban landscape.
Palm trees of Hawaii have been ravaged by fire, while California's Death Valley is so hot that the roads are melting.
Experts at DiscoverCars.com believe their images could become reality in 2050, unless we take serious climate action and curb our emissions.
'With global warming continuing to have an impact on the planet, we're already starting to see the effects of climate change,' it says in a blog post.
'From the melting of glaciers in the Arctic to warmer summers than ever before, it's safe to say that the environment is changing before our very eyes in real-time.
'With that being said, how might these renowned road trip routes look in the near future if climate change continues to progress at the current rate?'
LONDON
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament is usually at the top of any holidaymaker's must-see list when they visit London.
But the artist's impression shows our majestic capital in a sorry state due to the Thames having burst its banks.
Westminster Bridge is barely above the waterline, while the roads in front of the legendary tourist attraction – officially called the Elizabeth Tower – are totally flooded.
Experts at DiscoverCars.com say: 'Due to rising sea levels, the majority of the London docks and any suburbs near the Thames are anticipated to be submerged...
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Give us a ring when the Obama mansion in the Vineyard goes under.
If CA, NYC, & Washington DC all flood, anything good we lose is merely regrettable collateral damage.
And while you're swimming up to Trafalgar Square, avoid aspartame. /rimshot
Then it was “The Population Bomb’’. We were going to be so over populated we'd literally be falling off the Earth. And of course in the early 70's it was the coming Ice Age.
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