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Date: 06/28/05 07:55:58
Subject: [euratom] Climate change 'to drown Britain'
Climate change 'to drown Britain'
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
28 June 2005
Sea-level rise caused by climate change could turn Britain into a
string of islands, a study published today suggests.
Rises could drown the centre of London and leave many low-lying
cities and coastal towns waterlogged, including Edinburgh, Newcastle
upon Tyne, Scunthorpe, Bristol, Plymouth, Norwich, Peterborough and
Bournemouth, according to the Benfield Hazard Research Centre at
University College London.
Global sea levels are expected to rise with the temperatures, from
the melting of ice sheets at present on land, and the expansion of
sea water as it warms.
Reseachers matched rising sea-level scenarios against ultra-accurate
data on the UK's topography from the US space shuttle. The study,
which was carried out for the cable and satellite channel UKTV
History to celebrate its forthcoming series The British Isles - A
Natural History, was led by Benfield's director, Professor Bill
McGuire.
"The west Antarctic ice sheet is the most worrying," Professor
McGuire said. "If this melts, with the continued thermal expansion of
seawater, London and many other coastal cities could disappear
beneath the waves within 200 years."
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