The 23 football stadiums at risk of flooding in 30 years - is your team one of them?
FLOODING could disrupt future football games if the impact of climate change continues, a study has claimed, with 23 football stadiums - including four Premier League teams - facing annual flooding by 2050.
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Football stadiums are regularly packed with fans, eagerly cheering on their teams from the lower leagues through to the Premier League. However, with the continuing climate change trend, fans could see their team’s stadium flood on an annual basis - with rising sea levels impacting all corners of the world.
Not only are stadiums at risk, but key landmarks could also face submersion if the current climate trend continues.
A new study found Buckingham Palace could be regularly flooded, with cities across the UK at risk from rising seas.
Glasgow, London and Bristol are on course to regularly see flooded streets the study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found.
Research showed if global temperatures climb to 4C higher than pre-industrial levels, up to one billion people are at risk of seeing their homes flooded.
The 23 football stadiums at risk of flooding in 30 years - is your team’s one? (Image: GETTY)
Food risk map shows which areas could be affected (Image: GETTY)
The study came ahead of the COP26 Global Summit in a few weeks - a meeting of world leaders to discuss climate change.
Dr Ben Strauss, CEO and chief scientist at Climate Central told the Independent the findings demonstrated the need for this meeting to save coastal cities and look out for our descendants.
He said: “To me, the main message is how great the difference is between our possible future worlds depending on whether we cut pollution sharply or continue closer to business as usual.
“Our descendants are going to be dealing with these consequences for hundreds of years.
"It’s about the survival of scores of coastal cities around the world.”
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Food risk map: West Ham is one of those on the list (Image: GETTY)
A map from Climate Central has shown the impact rising sea levels would have across the globe as far as 2150.
Looking just 30 years ahead to 2050, football fans will be dismayed to learn 23 stadiums will be adversely affected by rising waters.
Iconic homes of football like Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, Norwich's Carrow Road and West Ham's London Stadium could see flooding annually by 2050.
Elsewhere Middlesbrough fans will face getting boats to the Riverside Stadium, while Fulham's Craven Cottage will be completely flooded annually.