Rising sea levels are shifting from a distant concern to an urgent global threat, with scientists warning that even a worst-case six-metre increase is within the realm of possibility. Such a rise would dramatically reshape coastlines, inundate low-lying regions, and place countless communities and cultural treasures at risk. The scale of the potential impact is difficult to grasp without seeing it.
To help illustrate what this future might look like, we turned to Google Gemini and asked it to generate visual representations of several major world landmarks under a scenario where sea levels rise by six metres. By reimagining these familiar places in an unfamiliar and unsettling context, the images provide a powerful way to engage with the realities of climate change.
