It is no news that the world is going through one of the worst climate changes phases of the modern history. The planet has lived through millions of years and yet there was never such a time where we could ever think of destroying it completely. But as we speak of it, we are burning fossil fuels like matches sticks at religious place.
A study stated that if we do not change our way we live our lives we will melt off the entire ice sheet of Antarctica. "This would not happen overnight, but the mind-boggling point is that our actions today are changing the face of planet Earth as we know it and will continue to do so for tens of thousands of years to come," said lead author of the study Ricarda Winkelmann, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
The Business Insider video blow shows how much bad the world will be if we are able to speed the process of ice sheet melting off and see the effect of it on the world.
Places like Brussels, Barcelona, Venice and London will be submerged in water.
East African cities like Dakar and Accra – all under water.
Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo all will also be under water.
The famous South America countries like Buenos Aires and Rio De Janeiro will be under water.
All the major eastern cities of United States will be under water.
And lastly, cities like Mumbai and Kolkata will be also face the wrath of Antarctic ice melts.
Check out the video here:
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