Cities and towns around the world could be plunged underwater in just 275 years, a new study has warned. Scientists from Sorbonne University in Paris predict that up to 59 per cent of Antarctica's ice shelves could collapse by 2300. If this happens, it will result in up to 10 metres (32ft) of irreversible global sea–level rise. Here in the UK, Hull, Glasgow, and Bristol would be submerged, while over in the US, people living in Houston, New Orleans, and Miami would be forced to move inland. This might sound like something from the latest science fiction blockbuster. However, the...