The findings from the IPCC's latest report were nothing short of shocking. And they came as Australia suffered through severe floods, something the report warns are already getting worse. Here's what you may have missed.
Set against the backdrop of some of the worst floods and heaviest rainfalls in Australian history, the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were both bleak, and shocking.
Climate change is already upending the lives of billions of people around the world and will definitely get worse over the coming years and decades. The projections about future flooding are incredibly worrying. The report says with sea level rise of just 0.5m — which we will likely see this century, and maybe as soon as 2050 — what is currently considered a "one-in-100-year flood event" could happen "several times a year".
Mapping tools can easily reveal how rising seas will inundate coastal areas. Coastal Risk Australia is one such tool.
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