Facebook, Google need to restructure their buildings in Silicon Valley. And soon!
Despite being one of most technically-advanced places in the world, the Silicon Valley - hub to tech-giants like Facebook, Google and Cisco - may face a bigger threat from climate change than most other places.
A new forecast by a team of scientists has reportedly warned that these companies face the prospect of their Silicon Valley headquarters becoming swamped by water as rising sea levels threaten to submerge much of the property in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Even under optimistic scenarios where rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions avoid the most severe increases, the companies may be cut-off from others around the world, the team noted.
Facebook campus at a higher risk
Nearly $100 billion worth of commercial and residential properties around the Bay Area are at risk from sea level rise and severe storms.
Among this property is Facebook's campus, an extension of its Menlo Park base, at the San Francisco Bay shoreline - a 4,30,000 square feet complex with a nine-acre garden rooftop. Scientists claim the site is very low and thus vulnerable to flooding.
However, the offices of Google - located in Mountain View - and technology company Cisco - headquartered in San Jose - may reportedly get some respite but still stand at a risk of being flooded.
The scientists have suggested that the companies renovate their campuses and stress more on adaptation. "Google and Facebook will have to redo their campuses. I do not think there has been much success in getting Google to support adaption, it is not really on their radar," Kristina Hill, an environmental planning and urban design expert at the University of California-Berkeley, was quoted in the Guardian.
First published: 25 April 2016, 3:25 IST
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