Lagos, Nigeria Predicted to Be World’s Most Populated City by 2100

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Rising seas will displace 150 million people by 2100, says climate report

Published time: 17 Dec, 2017 14:37 Lands inhabited by more than 150 million people could be submerged in water by the end of this century. That’s according to the latest projections from a group of US researchers. A new study published in the journal Earth’s Future used the latest information from the Antarctic ice sheet […]

6th mass extinction event could happen by 2100 – study finds

Over the past 540 million years Earth has suffered five mass extinction events, the worst of which wiped out more than 9 per cent of marine life on the planet. A new study has suggested that the next such catastrophe might not be too far away. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) geophysicist and mathematician, Daniel […]

Remember Suzuki? Its New Swift Sport Hatchback Makes 138 HP and Weighs 2100 Pounds

– Suzuki’s Swift Sport has been a decent hot hatchback in foreign markets since its introduction in 2005, and the newest model looks to keep that reputation lit. We Americans still can’t buy a Swift, mostly because we can’t buy any new Suzuki. The company exited these shores years ago. So gaze from afar at […]

Red alert: Heatwave Lucifer grills Europe as study says heat may kill 150K Europeans a year by 2100

Ten southern and central European countries have declared a red alert after heatwave ‘Lucifer’ caused temperatures to skyrocket over 40C, with scientists warning that the extreme heat could end up killing 152,000 people a year by 2100. Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia are on red alert, European forecast network […]

Disturbing before-and-after photos show what major US cities could look like in the year 2100

Google Earth/Climate Central In January, a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency hinted at the possibility of an “extreme” sea-level rise scenario that would put some American landmarks, towns, and cities underwater during this century. That scenario is considered unlikely, but possible. If the worst climate change predictions come true, parts of the US will be devastated […]

By 2100, we could be recreating a 50-million-year-old climate

Enlarge / A coal mine in Australia. Burning this ancient sunlight could bring back ancient climates, too. (credit: Max Phillips (Jeremy Buckingham MLC)) From the perspective of a living organism, the history of the Earth has included an odd combination of radical change and fortunate stability. Continents have wandered from polar to equatorial homes, mountain […]