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UK underwater map: 100,000 Brits are at risk of severe coastal flooding as sea levels rise

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“We need to make sure we’re able to accurately predict sea leave rise and then start to look at the places that will be most susceptible.”

Professor Shepherd led an international team of 96 polar scientists analysing satellite data to determine the rate of Greenland’s melting.

The study spanned a timeline of 30 years and determined the icy continent has started melting seven times faster in the last decade, compared to the 1990s.

As a result of the accelerated melt, the climate expert said as many as 400 million people will feel the direct impact of climate change by the end of the century.

The effects of Greenland’s melting ice, coupled with the melting of Antarctica, will be felt year after year during intense periods of flooding.

And if the whole of Greenland melts, it will cause sea levels to rise by a staggering 20ft (6m).

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