The Palace would get an interesting new moat (Picture: Getty)
Global warming is set to have a huge impact on the international landscape.
But what effects will the polar ice caps melting have closer to home? Our capital city, for example.
Factors such as burning fossil fuels, trapped carbon dioxide and other pollution contributing factors such as methane-producing livestock mean that our planet is heating up.
The increase in temperature means transformation in earth’s climate – while some places will get hotter, some will get wetter and others drier, according to the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).
Global warming is set to have a huge impact on the international landscape.
But what effects will the polar ice caps melting have closer to home? Our capital city, for example.
Factors such as burning fossil fuels, trapped carbon dioxide and other pollution contributing factors such as methane-producing livestock mean that our planet is heating up.
The increase in temperature means transformation in earth’s climate – while some places will get hotter, some will get wetter and others drier, according to the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).
Sigh (Picture: Getty)
And since we hail from a teeny little island in the North Sea, you can pretty much bet we’re going to get wetter. Great.
So are these images a taste of what’s in store once sea levels rise? Hmmm maybe.
London’s tourist attractions would perhaps become… erm, aquatic?
Hipsters would have to doggy paddle their way down Brick Lane. (But we bet they’ll do it before it becomes mainstream).
And since we hail from a teeny little island in the North Sea, you can pretty much bet we’re going to get wetter. Great.
So are these images a taste of what’s in store once sea levels rise? Hmmm maybe.
London’s tourist attractions would perhaps become… erm, aquatic?
Hipsters would have to doggy paddle their way down Brick Lane. (But we bet they’ll do it before it becomes mainstream).
London Aquarium would get even wetter (Picture: Getty)
The view from the London Eye would be considerably altered, as the little pods looked down on a soggy capital.
It would take serious guts (and possibly a wetsuit) to cross the Millennium Bridge without getting swept away.
The view from the London Eye would be considerably altered, as the little pods looked down on a soggy capital.
It would take serious guts (and possibly a wetsuit) to cross the Millennium Bridge without getting swept away.
Shopping might get a bit, er, soggy (Picture: Getty)
The traffic around Piccadilly Circus would evolve and maybe the buses would have to share their lanes with boats. Is there such thing as boat rage?
The cityscape would undergo a watery transformation, with the Isle of Dogs and other iconic parts of the skyline such as the Gherkin surrounded in water.
The traffic around Piccadilly Circus would evolve and maybe the buses would have to share their lanes with boats. Is there such thing as boat rage?
The cityscape would undergo a watery transformation, with the Isle of Dogs and other iconic parts of the skyline such as the Gherkin surrounded in water.
Might be slightly inconvenient to get to TBH (Picture: Getty)
Commuting would be a whole different ball game, so you can finally bid farewell to the London Underground.
Commuting would be a whole different ball game, so you can finally bid farewell to the London Underground.
Good luck getting to work guys (Picture: Getty)
As you can see, sweaty packed carriages would be replaced by dinghies – so don’t forget your paddle.
But maybe the most impressive (read: ridiculous) imagined change is to arguably London’s most famous landmark.
As you can see, sweaty packed carriages would be replaced by dinghies – so don’t forget your paddle.
But maybe the most impressive (read: ridiculous) imagined change is to arguably London’s most famous landmark.
Seems legit (Picture: Getty)
Yep, that’s right. Big Ben’s going to be an enormous waterslide.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Yep, that’s right. Big Ben’s going to be an enormous waterslide.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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