Like something out of a blockbuster disaster movie, New York City is expected to be abandoned within decades due to the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet, experts say.
A new report in Nature insists that the Big Apple is at serious risk of being submerged in water as sea levels are predicted to reach as high as six feet by the year 2100.
David Pollard, who co-wrote the paper, told The New York Times, “We are not saying this is definitely going to happen. But I think we are pointing out that there’s a danger, and it should receive a lot more attention.”
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