A new climate change map shows predictions for just how devastated the future climate will be in various places around the world. The map, which is called The Future Urban Climates, allows interested users to explore how their home area’s climate might change going forward.
The data used to create the map comes from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and it was created by University of Maryland spatial ecologist Matthew Fitzpatrick to showcase the future of climate change up to 2080.
Of course, all of the changes showcased on the climate change map are just predictions based on current trends of extreme storms, fires, floods, droughts, heat waves, and cold snaps—all of which continue to hit us harder each year.
I mean I kind of agree, most of the ones I tried were rather underwhelming. We’ve been joking for a while that Amsterdam would be the new Barcelona, but this tool gives you Bordeaux as a match which is a lovely place to be right now… Tried Edinburgh and the match was in Spain, so a much bigger differential but still I don’t see how that would give any Scots such a bad feeling indeed…