Millions of homes and properties could face subsidence in the coming decades as a result of climate change, the British Geological Survey has warned.
New maps from the RGS show the growing threat of damage to properties from shrinking and swelling of the ground without action to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, with London and the South East most at risk.
The analysis uses data on potential ground movement and long-term rainfall and temperature scenarios to project the impact of climate change from 1990 up to 2030 and 2070 under a worse-case scenario.
It finds that the number of properties across Britain highly likely or extremely likely to be affected by “shrink-swell” could rise from 3% or nearly one million in 1990 to 6.5% or more than 2.4 million in 2030.
Britain s homes at risk of subsidence because of climate change, study shows
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