rising sea levels

Swedish design group ADDI has come up with an cutting-edge polar bear lifejacket design concept to help polar bears navigate the changes in their habitat. For the first time in history scientists are reporting that polar bears are drowning in the Arctic. One of the contributing factors is that polar bears are now forced to swim longer distances to encounter ice, and the longer swims make the creatures vulnerable to exhaustion, hypothermia and becoming swamped by ocean waves. "Polar bears are drowning because the ice is melting.

Bangladesh, a low-lying country slightly larger than England in size, is renowned as the most densely populated country in the world. Home to 150 million people, Bangladesh is also one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change - particularly increases in sea level.

About 80% of the country consists of floodplain with an elevation from less than one metre to three metres above sea level.

The future of our warming world with rising seas levels is the focus of a series of illustrations by New York-based designers Studio Lindfors. In the striking and serene images, the designers explore what New York will look like in a few hundred years time. Visit: http://www.greenmuze.com/art/artists/1881-rising-water-world-images.html