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Amsterdam and UK pictured ‘underwater in 80 years’ in chilling doomsday map

Amsterdam and parts of the UK have been pictured underwater in a terrifying flood map as rising sea levels threaten to wipe out huge chunks of the world, experts have claimed.

Coastal and in-land areas including Blackpool, Liverpool and Hull in the UK and almost all of the Netherlands could be wiped out as early as the year 2100, according to Climate Central.

Scientists generally agree that climate change is resulting in significant chunks of the Antarctic sheet melting.

This would add significant amounts of water to the ocean, increasing the average sea level and putting areas that lie below sea level at risk of flooding.

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And a new detailed climate change map, from the independent organisation of scientists, shows massive areas of out islands which could be underwater if climate change is not tackled urgently.

The evidence for man-made global warming is stark and one of the most devastating results according to scientists will be the rapid sea rise.

The map shows that in just 80 years, the city of Amsterdam – popular with partying Brits – could cease to exist.

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Huge areas of Cardiff, Swansea and north Wales, east Yorkshire and Hull, Peterborough and Norfolk, and the coast from Lancaster to Liverpool could be completely submerged in just 80 years, it predicts.

This means kids born today will likely to see this happen if changes are not made.

A report by Climate Central found that if temperatures went up 4°C from pre-industrial levels the seas could rise by as much as 10.8 metres.

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The most likely rise is about nine metres, which would submerge the homes of half a billion people.

World leaders are currently trying to keep temperatures within 2°C which, though only two degrees less would keep the amount of people losing their homes to 130 million.

According to Climate Central by 2050, sea-level rise will mean land now home to 300 million people will on average flood at least once a year

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Previous estimates had put that figure at about 80 million.

By 2050 in the UK, 3.6 million people would face annual flooding and up to 5.4 million by 2100 if emissions continue to rise.

These figures do not take into account coastal defences, which would be needed at increasing cost to protect people and property.

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Dr Scott Kulp, a senior scientist at Climate Central and lead author of the study said: "These assessments show the potential of climate change to reshape cities, economies, coastlines, and entire global regions within our lifetimes.

“As the tideline rises higher than the ground people call home, nations will increasingly confront questions about whether, how much, and how long coastal defences can protect them.”

The map claims the mass flooding of the UK and Netherlands could be a real possibility if we make no cuts to emissions – but experts claim this can be prevented if we act now.

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The report makes claims about the potential benefits of cutting emissions.

Rapid emission cuts would save 50 million people worldwide from annual coastal flooding by 2100.

However, without emission cuts, the sea would also entirely submerge land occupied by an additional 40 million more people, in comparison with the impact of rapid emission cuts.

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