Nobody doubts that global warming has come to the planet. According to the scientists’ forecasts, the world ocean surface level will grow by 1.5 m in the short run.

But that is the forecast for the nearest years. What will happen if the glaziers thawing process accelerates and becomes worldwide? Definitely, such a situation will not emerge in the nearest feature, but may emerge in the centuries to come when next generations will live.

The worst scenario presumes that the world ocean surface level will rise by 100 meters. It’s hard to imagine this situation to be realized. To estimate possible consequences of this disaster, calculations were carried out on a topographic map of the Earth. The results obtained are given in the figures. Fig. A shows a current shore contour of the continents; Fig. B is the same but in case the world ocean surface level has increased by 100 m.

In this case, unfortunately, as it can be seen from the pictures, it’s Russia who will suffer worst. Almost all part of the West-Siberian plate will be submerged. The Black, Caspian and Aral Seas will unite and overflow. Larger part of rich and productive soils in the Kuban and Stavropol regions will be overflowed. The “second capital” of Russia, St.-Peterburg, will sink.

Other countries will suffer as well. For instance, major part of rich and productive soils in China will be flooded. Such countries as Bangladesh, the Netherlands and Denmark will disappear to become an underwater kingdom. However, the shore contour of Western, Northern and Southern Europe will change a bit. A great deal of the Caribbean basin and Indonesia’s islands will find themselves under water. Australia will be split in two by an ellipse-like gulf.

The Amazon River delta and all the forests located therein will be flooded. Argentina will lose the most rich and productive fields and plantations and its capital in addition. North America will suffer not so badly: southern states of the USA will mainly suffer. Particularly, the Florida peninsula, a resort center by now, will be entirely flooded.

Africa and Antarctica will suffer less than the other; these two continents will not practically lose their lands.

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