This Huge Nuclear Waste Dump Will Be Washed Away By Rising Sea Levels

This Huge Nuclear Waste Dump Will Be Washed Away By Rising Sea Levels

A dumping ground for nuclear waste located near the British coast is "virtually certain" to be washed away by rising sea levels, a new report warns. The UK Environment Agency has admitted that constructing the Drigg Low-Level Waste Repository so near the coast was a mistake, and that one million cubic meters of nuclear waste will begin leaking into the ocean "a few hundred to a few thousand years from now."

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These Iconic Landmarks May Be Underwater Within 2,000 Years

These Iconic Landmarks May Be Underwater Within 2,000 Years

Intellectually, we all know that sea level rise is real—but it’s hard to imagine exactly how it’ll effect us in the long term. A new study does just that by calculating which UNESCO Heritage Sites are most at-risk for being submerged by the rising tides. The results are devastating.

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