Drowning American Homes

In the yr 2050 the isle of New Orleans volition innovate a novel twice daily ferry service carrying passengers across the Pontchartrain Sea betwixt the isle urban kernel as well as the mainland port at Baton Rouge. In the yr 2060 the isle volition rename itself New Venice.

From the yr 2100 the urban kernel volition travel colloquially remembered equally New Atlantis.

Climate Central as well as Zillow accept released a novel report exploring the opportunity to novel homes from rise seas. At the minute belongings developers are largely ignoring the threat of global warming as well as buy the farm along to construct on areas that inwards the futurity volition travel at opportunity from flooding. Ocean at the Door claims that 10,000 novel homes (built later 2009) volition travel at opportunity of flooding every unmarried yr yesteryear the yr 2050.

Buzzfeed News has created an interactive map which visualizes how the USA could travel affected yesteryear rise seas inwards the yr 2050. If yous run inwards an address into the map yous tin stance a visualization of where the sea marking mightiness travel nether unlike climate modify models. The Is Your Home at Risk of Flooding map too allows yous to run into how many local homes are at opportunity of flooding. If yous click on the map yous tin discovery out how many local homes accept been built inwards overflowing opportunity zones since 2010, how many local homes are at opportunity of flooding as well as the combined value of all these homes at opportunity of flooding.