Artificial intelligence predicts which South American cities will disappear by 2100
One of the many hazards facing humanity from global warming is rising sea levels which will mean the end of many coastal cities in a matter of years.
The effects of global warming and climate change are being felt around the world. Extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent from droughts to floods wreaking havoc on communities as well as blistering heatwaves and bone-chilling cold snaps.
While these will affect localized areas temporarily, one inescapable consequence of the increasing temperatures for costal communities around the globe is rising sea levels. This phenomenon will have even more far-reaching effects, displacing hundreds of millions of people as coastal communities are inundated by water, some permanently.
These South American cities will disappear
While there is no doubt that sea levels will rise, predicting exactly how much they will in any given location is a tricky business. This is because oceans don’t rise uniformly as more water is added to the total volume.
However, according to models from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the most optimistic scenario is between 11 inches and almost 22 inches, if we can curb carbon emissions and keep the temperature rise to 1.5C by 2050. The worst case scenario would be 6 and a half feet by the end of the century.
Caracol Radio in Colombia asked various artificial intelligence systems which cities in South America would disappear due to rising sea levels within the next 200 years. These are the ones most at risk according to their findings:
- Santos, Brazil
- Macaió, Brazil
- Floreanópolis, Brazil
- Mar de Plata, Argentina
- Barranquilla, Colombia
- Lima, Peru
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Paramaribo, Surinam
- Georgetown, Guayana
The last two will be underwater by the end of the century according to modeling done by the non-profit Climate Central along with numerous other communities in low-lying coastal areas.
Their simulator only makes forecasts until the year 2100 as the above image shows for the areas along the northeastern coast of South America including Paramaribo and Georgetown.
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