UNDER the SEA Radically Altering Shorelines

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UNDER the SEA Radically Altering Shorelines

Kowloon Bay Mong Kok East Mong Kok Olympic Ho Man Tin Estate Yau Ma Under the sea Tei The earth contains almost 21 million cubic kilometres of ice, or about 2 per cent of the planet’s water. As the earth warms, the ice is shrinking. Scientists have warned the Arctic could be free of ice by 2040. If all of the world’s ice were to melt, sea levels would rise by more than 65 metres, Austin radically altering shorelines. This is how Hong Kong looks under that scenario Kowloon Jordan METRES UNDER THE SEA Hung Hom HONG KONG 70-6160-51 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1 0 metres The Harbourfront Area 8888. 2680 Tel: Kong. Hong Po, Tai ate, Landmark enlarged 13 floors N POPULATION AT OR BELOW SEA LEVEL (in persons) ICC 11 floors Tsim Sha Tsui East Tsim Sha Tsui 2,000 6,000 10,000 14,000 18,000 22,000 By constituencies. Estimates for December 31, 2012 AIA Tower The Peninsula 1 floor 7 floors Name of building North Point Number of floors submerged under water The Center 5 floors 2 IFC 14 floors Victoria Harbour Quarry Bay Fortress Hill Sheung Wan One Island 0 m 200 m East Manulife Plaza 1 floor Tai Koo Central Plaza 7 floors Hong Kong 6 floors Printed and published by South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd, Morning Post Centre, 22 Dai Fat Street, Tai Po Industrial Est Tai Street, Fat 22 Dai Post Centre, Morning South China Post Publishers and published by Morning Ltd, Printed Central Tin Hau Causeway Bay Entertainment Admiralty Building HONG KONG 3 floors ISLAND Wan Chai HSBC Building Lippo Centre I 4 floors 9 floors The Peak Bank of 552m China Tower Happy 8 floors Valley SCMP Graphic: Alberto Lucas López Sources: British Antarctic Survey, NASA, Bedmap2 Interact with the chart on our digital Model Data, NOAA, EarthTools.org, Census and Statistics editions. Also available for mobile devices. Department - The Govemment of the Hong Kong SAR A16 Monday, December 23, 2013.

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