As explained in the tab effects of global warming, as the sea level rises, the risk of flood increases. What does this mean for the Netherlands? And what would this mean for Singapore?
Below a map of Singapore and a map of the Netherlands are showed, so you can compare them. As the legend says, the blue dots represent areas that are below sea level. The green dots represent high ground. What you notice immediately, is that Singapore has no areas that are below sea level, while the Netherlands has. Also, there is a lot of high ground in the Netherlands, these high grounds are mainly created by the Netherlands to protect the country from water.

In the Netherlands about 6,979,504 people in history have been effect by floods, in Singapore this is about 3,547,809 people (2018). So in the Netherlands this is almost double the amount compared to Singapore. Of course, it should be taken in consideration that the Netherlands has a bigger population than Singapore.

To compare a little further, this is what happens when the sea level rises with 1000 inches (+/- 25.4 m), again Singapore compared to the Netherlands. This is an extreme rise, but is now just used to illustrate the difference between the countries.

As you can see, Singapore remains almost the same (compare to picture above), but more parts of the Netherlands will be below sea level. This automatically means that when the sea level rises, the Netherlands will have increased risk for floods, whereas this is not the case for Singapore.

Interested to see what happens to other places when the sea level rises? Click here.