The world map must be redrawn for the weather

Lake Chad in Africa has lost 95% of its area since 1963. And the Dead Sea is 25 meters lower than 50 years ago . Dizzying changes in climate change are forcing map makers to redraw the world.

"We can really see environmental disasters going on ahead , " said Mick Ashworth, editor-in-chief of the new edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. determined. In addition to the above two places, there are many other changes related to the disappearance of the lakes and deformed beaches.

- Aral Sea in Central Asia has shrunk 75% since 1967.

- The basins of the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers in North America, the Yellow River in China and the Tigris in the Middle East are now inactive in the summer and at some times of the year, they cannot flow to the sea anymore.

- Bangladesh coast has to be redrawn because the monsoon is stronger and sea level rise makes many lands swallowed up.

- Several Pacific islands are also threatened by sea level rise, such as Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Lake Chad in Africa (drawn in 1973) is one of the six largest pits in the world, supplying water to 20 million people.(Photo Foxnews)

New editions of the atlas will take into account changes in the Arctic sea ice and narrowing or expanding lakes, rivers, seas and forest boundaries, as they are affected by climate change.

Atlas experts are also eyeing the village of Inupiat in Shishmaref, Alaska, where temperatures have been rising continuously for the last three decades and seawater has invaded about 3 meters per year, making it a community. The first in the United States must migrate because the earth heats up.

The new version of atlas also notes that 40% of the world's coral reefs have died or died in recent decades, and every year, more than 1% of tropical forests have been erased. book.

And this is Lake Chad in 2003 (Photo: LiveScience)

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