brake the climate change It is the commitment that many governments, including that of Chilihave been proposed for the coming decades. And the consequences of a damaged environment, as science predicts, could be fatal: one of them would be the increase in extreme sea levels caused by storm surges, tides and waves.
This is why a study, published in 2021 in the journal Nature, showed the consequences that pollution can have on the world’s climate patterns. The scientists analyzed more than 7,000 places that would be exposed to a rise in sea level and that could disappear.
Three areas of Chile entered the fateful list.
The study’s prediction is that In the year 2100—and if climate change is still not considerably slowed—50% of the places studied could experience extreme weather events and eventually be underwater.
Along these lines, the southern hemisphere and subtropical regions would be mostly affected. In them, they highlighted the coasts of the regions of Valparaíso, Coquimbo and Atacama.
According to the following graph, extracted from the study and highlighted by the specialized platform Meteored, it can be seen that These areas of Chile could be flooded in 50 more years (approximately 2071, taking into account the date the study was published).
The same research revealed that there are other places in the world that could remain underwater if climate change is not stopped. Among them are Alaska, in the United States, and northern Europe.
“Our findings have important policy and practical implications, as they highlight that even if the goals of the Paris Agreement are achieved (which establishes measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions), extreme events potentially leading to coastal flooding will be experienced with unprecedented frequency in many parts of the world,” the authors wrote.
That is to sayEven if governments’ goals to reduce the effects of climate change are met, floods could still happen. putting human life and infrastructure in “red” zones at risk.
