Disturbing before-and-after images show how major Wall Street banks could be flooded by 2100
Let's start off with an overview of Manhattan. Here's what the island looks like today.
According to Climate Central's data, huge swaths of the most densely-populated areas of the city will be flooded by 2100 in the worst case scenario.
Here's lower Manhattan today, which includes some of the city's most densely populated areas.
Zooming in on lower Manhattan, you can see how drastic the flooding could be.
Midtown, however, will be relatively unscathed.
In the Financial District, one of New York City's beating hearts, you can clearly see how bad the problem will get. The whole neighborhood could go under.
It's a far cry from what it looks like today.
Here's One World Trade, one of New York's landmarks.
By 2100, its bottom floors could be flooded.
Right next to One World Trade is Goldman Sachs' global headquarters, along with Merrill Lynch and American Express.
Goldman may want to eventually follow JP Morgan— which was previously on Wall Street proper — and the other big banks to Midtown, based on this model.
It's not looking great for Merrill Lynch, either.
Same goes for American Express, which won't fare so well with rising sea levels.
Moving uptown, we arrive at Citigroup.
Citigroup's head office and trading floor are about to get wet.
On the East side, there's Deutsche Bank's New York offices.
It might become prime, beachfront real estate by 2100.
Let's zoom in a little further on another New York City landmark: The New York Stock Exchange.
The NYSE is set become an island under Climate Central's projections.
Right nearby the stock exchange, the New York Federal Reserve holds nearly $200 billion in underground vaults.
All those bills might need to be moved by 2100.
While not technically a bank, AIG Global's offices are in the neighborhood as well.
It looks like their office may get inundated as well by 2100.
Lest we get too cocky, here are Business Insider's new offices in the shadow of One World Trade.
It looks like we'll just miss the worst of it.
Sea level rise won't only impact lower Manhattan — tech companies in Brooklyn are set to be flooded, too. Here's Kickstarter's office in Greenpoint.
By 2100, a huge portion of Greenpoint could be underwater.
Here's Squarespace over in Manhattan's low-lying West Village.
It won't be spared in Climate Central's worst case scenario prediction.
If you want to read more about how cities are preparing for sea level rise, check out Business Insider's Saving Our World series.
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