A Horrifying Map Shows The True Extent Of “Irreversible” climate change in the UK, with as many as 21 villages and hamlets at risk of being swallowed up by coastal erosion and the sea. Climate research group One Home has exposed the reality that some areas will be lost by 2100. Many may think this futuristic vision seems far away, but since it’s less than 80 years old, the next generation could be burdened with the havoc it wreaks. The group estimates that at least 2,200 coastal properties housing at least 275 million people in a number of regions across the UK are at risk of flooding.
The campaigners have identified the areas most at risk from coastal erosion, where land is worn away or moved along the coastline as waves repeatedly beat against the land. It can also be the result of chemical reactions in the water.
An eye-watering £584 million in damage could be caused by 2100, according to calculations made using local government and site specific values from Rightmove.
Angela Terry, chief executive of One Home, said: “Sea levels are rising as global temperatures rise and so bigger waves are pounding our coast during severe storms. These irreversible changes mean some rock faces are rapidly crumbling.
“We can’t turn the tide or build a wall around the entire coast, so we urgently need to help coastal communities prepare for the damage to come.”
These campaigners found that some of the most threatened areas are Cornwall, Dorset, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Norfolk. Further north, Cumbria, Northumberland and East Yorkshire are said to be most threatened. There were also concerns about the Isle of Wight.
However, Climate Central, a nonprofit organization that warns of the same problem, has identified some other key areas that are vulnerable. In Scotland, these include Dundee, Perth and St Andrews, which are at risk of coastal flooding.
The group warned that on the east coast of England, large areas just north of Peterborough and Cambridge could become uninhabitable. Along the Humber, cities like Hull could be swallowed up by the seas by 2100, as could much of the Midlands.
Climate Central said the main cause of this would be a global temperature rise of three degrees Celsius, which it warned would have a “disastrous impact”.
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And sea levels in the UK have been rising rapidly since 1993. According to the Royal Society, an independent scientific academy, the global average rise over the past 10 years has been 3.6 mm per year.
The website states: “If CO2 and other greenhouse gases continue to increase on their current trajectories, sea levels are predicted to rise by at least another 0.4 to 0.8 m by 2100,
“Future melting of the ice sheet could make these values significantly higher.”
The risk of erosion was elaborated using data from the Environment Agency’s National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping. Policy on whether or not to defend, retreat or abandon coastlines can be found in coastline management plans, developed by coastal groups with members consisting mainly of local councils. and the Environmental Service.
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However, most property owners are also reportedly unaware of the threats they face.
One Home said: “Many homeowners are unaware that their properties are at risk or that decisions have been made whether or not to protect them. Currently, there is no compensation scheme available for those homes at risk. Owners may be asked to do so. pay to demolish their houses and pay their mortgage at the same time.”
The head of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, has previously warned that it would be impossible or uneconomical to save many of these homes, meaning entire communities will be forced to move inland in “the hardest of all inconvenient truths”.
Paul Sayers, a researcher at the Tyndall Centre, at the University of East Anglia, published in the peer-reviewed journal Oceans and Coastal Management, warning: “Significant sea level rise is now inevitable. Protection will continue for many of our larger coastal cities, except for some coastal communities this may not be possible.
“We need a serious national debate about the magnitude of the threat to these communities and what constitutes a fair and sustainable response, including how to help people relocate.”