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The cities most threatened by rising sea levels

What will rising sea levels do to the world's major cities ? According to a report, a 4°C increase in global temperature will hit Asian cities very badly : in Mumbai and Calcutta, half of the population would be under water. In Shanghai, a city of 23 million people, it is more than three-quarters.
In New York, nearly 25 per cent of its population could be submerged in the event of a 4°C increase in global temperature, the same as in Rio de Janeiro but nearly twice as much as in London!
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This graphic shows how selected megacities will be affected by rising sea levels.

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Sea level rise projections in Oslo, Norway 2020-2150, by scenario
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Sea level rise projections in Stockholm, Sweden 2020-2150, by scenario
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Sea level rise projections in Copenhagen, Denmark 2020-2150, by scenario
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Global mean sea level change 1993-2024
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Sea level rise rate in the U.S. 2024, by selected cities
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Land impacted by inundation due to sea level rise in Norway 2020-2099

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