Submerged cities and deadly heat: AI shows life on Earth in 2100

With the help of Google's ImageFX AI image generator, MailOnline used the latest scientific research to predict what the world will look like in 2100. The picture is bleak: cities will go underwater, and millions of people will die from the heat.

And such apocalyptic images may become a reality. As the level of greenhouse gases continues to rise, temperatures increase around the world too, writes DailyMail.

"The largest impacts that affect all of us are sea level rise and changes in weather extremes. All of these will increase through the century if we do not do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," said Professor Julienne Stroeve, a climate scientist at University College London.

Rising temperatures

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that by 2100, global temperatures will be 2.7°C above the average pre-industrial atmosphere in the medium scenario and 4.4°C above the worst-case scenario.

The number of people living in arid areas will more than double from 2.3 billion to 5 billion in 2100.

The risk of sudden droughts will increase from 32% to 53% in Europe by 2100. Thus, countries like France, already struggling with systematic water shortages, are likely to face devastating droughts.

It is estimated that by 2100, excessive heat alone will cause 5.8 million additional deaths in Europe. The city of Barcelona will be affected the most, with 246,000 additional deaths predicted.

Melting ice and rising sea levels

As the atmosphere becomes warmer over the next 75 years, the seas are heating up. A study by experts from the University of Reading found that ocean temperatures have been rising by up to 0.27°C per decade and are still rising.

"This will warm up the Arctic even faster, leading to more melting from Greenland and faster sea level rise, destabilization of the permafrost areas, and disruption of the thermohaline [deep ocean currents] circulatio," predicted Professor Julien.

Studies suggest that more than half of the world's glaciers will disappear by 2100, and the European Alps will lose 75% of their glaciers under a high emissions scenario.

Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have predicted that global sea levels could rise by 1.9 meters by 2100 if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to increase.

More extreme weather

By 2100, one of the biggest impacts of climate change will be a massive increase in extreme weather events.

The Met Office predicts that by 2070, average summer rainfall in the UK could decrease by 47%. Meanwhile, winter precipitation could be 35% higher.

When these sudden bursts of rain hit areas where drought has already hardened the ground, the risk of flash flooding becomes extremely high, experts say.

Also of great concern is the rise of catastrophic "mega-hurricanes," which occur when warm, moist air rises from the ocean.

For places like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the southern states of the United States, these devastating storms could become much more common by 2100.

Large-scale forest fires

While some parts of the world will suffer from severe storms, others will be hit by suffocating droughts and heat waves.

Scientists predict that the combination of extreme heat and low rainfall will make some regions extremely vulnerable to wildfires, as we are already seeing in the United States.

The United Nations Environment Program predicts that extreme wildfires will become 50% more frequent by 2100. And the frequency of extreme fires will increase by 14% by 2030, 30% by 2050, and 50% by the end of the century.

Catastrophic air pollution

Studies show that cities like Delhi in India, which already have deadly levels of air pollution, could face even worse conditions. Warmer air and less rain mean that pollution stays in the air longer.

In countries experiencing rapid industrial growth, poor environmental regulation has led to pollution reaching dangerous levels.

Studies have shown that if climate change continues, air pollution will cause an additional 60,000 deaths worldwide by 2030 and 260,000 deaths by 2100.

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