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The lion's share of the state will eventually be under water eventually.
How Long Before All of Florida Is Underwater?
Published Nov 03, 2017 at 11:35 AM EDT
At the rate the world is headed now, hundreds of millions of people living on coasts may watch their cities flood with waters rising two meters by 2100. Global temperatures are expected to rise 3 degrees Celsius, the United Nations announced on Tuesday.
Under that prediction, Miami along with the bottom third of Florida would be entirely underwater, according to data from Climate Central analyzed by The Guardian. Cities including Shanghai, Alexandria, Rio, and Osaka are among those that would be affected the most.
But when will it happen? That all depends on how quickly polar and glacier ice will melt.
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https://www.newsweek.com/how-long-all-florida-underwater-700835