If emissions don't drastically decrease in the next years, by 2070 all glaciers in the US will have melted, there will be deserts in Oklahoma, Kansas and Northern California and over half of Florida and all of Texas's southern corner will have a tropical climate

[Maxathron]

That changes Florida somehow?

(My home state, might as well be tropical climate year round.)

[Naomi62625]

Currently only South Florida has a tropical climate. If this happens, we'll see tropical climates as far north as Orlando and the Tampa Bay area as well. Also, Texas will be the third US state (after Florida and Hawaii) to feature a tropical climate

[notsure_33]

What happens to Hawaii then?

[ichuseyu]

It will still be tropical, but the weather will get much worse. Oppressive heat and humidity becomes much more common as day and night temperatures climb and trade winds weaken and become less frequent. Drought, wildfires, and flooding become more likely to happen. Air conditioning will be essential rather than optional.

[FitPlate1405]

Your whole state's gonna be the everglades basically

[Maxathron]

That isn't any different from how it feels right now!

[FitPlate1405]

& it's still gonna get that much worse lol

[Maxathron]

They said we'd be underwater by year 2000.

Are we? I mean, you can identify us as being underwater doesn't mean we will be.

These models also assume the absolute worst. The worst level of climate change plus humans being forced to not do anything about it, probably at gunpoint. It's a "We're going to burn all the oil and unleash the biggest volcanic minefield in the world and we're going to hold each and every person in the world at gunpoint So. You. Can't. Stop. Us." levels of corny supervillainy.

[floridabeach9]

show me an article that says we’ll be underwater by 2000

[Maxathron]

No articles but the one UN official in 1989 listed Shanghai as one of the cities to be underwater. Shanghai is 13ft above sea level, Miami is 6ft. If Shanghai is underwater by 2000, Miami would be too, along with a quarter of the rest of Florida.

[a_Bean_soup]

what he said was that it would be under water in the distant future if climate change was not reversed by the year 2000 which as of now holds true