Monday, February 9, 2015

If the Ice Caps Melted...

I think this ties into my "modern ruins" theme. While I don't expect the polar ice caps to melt anytime soon, the Daily Mail has an article with a set of photos showing maps of various cities if they were to do so. Below, for instance, is New York City if there was a 100 foot rise in sea levels.

Seattle-based Jeffrey Linn, who has a background in geography and urban planning, created a series of maps of major U.S. and Canadian cities based on what the places would look like if all of the glaciers in the world were to melt

Anyway, check it out.

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Weekend Reading -- A New Weekend Knowledge Dump

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