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June 5this World Environment Day.
As always, the focus is on the impact of global warming and its fallout on our shorelines.
World Under Water is a Google Street View powered simulation that hopes to bring the message closer to home.
A location’s height from sea level isn’t taken into consideration.
If you want to see accurate predictions of flood levels, check out theflood.firetree.nettool.
But the message of World Under Water is honest.
Some of the facts put forward as part of the story are shocking.
For instance – 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have already occurred this century.
The second part of the message urges everyone to take small actions.
Calculate your emissions, offset your carbon footprint, and support a green project.
It is a social and global plea.
Head over to your surfing app and try it out.
If things go from bad to worse, it won’t remain a simulation anymore.
