By Anne Most
This week, 150 nations have gathered together in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties to discuss combating climate change. But the global leaders aren’t the only ones voicing concern.
The research group Climate Central released images of an artist’s impression of climate change’s possible effect on cities across the globe. Before and after pictures predict that cities such as Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro could be heavily immersed in water if the world was four degrees warmer.
Watch the video above to see drastic changes that could happen in the future.
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