![]() The arctic methane release caused by the melting ice caps, in turn, exacerbates global warming because methane itself is a powerful greenhouse gas. This has been caused by the huge amounts of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere over the past 200 years, causing a dangerously quick global rise in temperatures. Global sea level rise pushes high tides in only one direction higher. In the other half of the cycle, tides are amplified: High tides get higher, and low tides get lower. Read more: Yellow warning issued by Met Office as thunderstorms batter Essex In half of the Moon’s 18.6-year cycle, Earth’s regular daily tides are suppressed: High tides are lower than normal, and low tides are higher than normal. The rising sea levels are mainly because of the melting ice caps at the north and south pole, which is causing more water to be within the ocean. The website has an interactive tool where residents can envisage where in the world is predicted to be below annual flood level. The data, produced by Climate Central, shows the huge swathes of the Essex coastline below sea level by 2050. It comes as the UK broke its highest temperature on record in July, when the mercury in thermometers in Coningsby, Lincolnshire reached 40.3C. Climate experts have created a map showing how rising sea levels could submerge large parts of the county. ![]() Several parts of Essex could be completely underwater by 2050 because of climate change.
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