Everton warned new stadium on banks of the Mersey could be submerged just 83 years into their lease by global warming academic
EVERTON have been warned their new stadium could disappear under the river Mersey if global warming continues to heat up Britain by a top sustainability academic.
Everton’s new home at Bramley Dock in Liverpool on the banks of the MerseyPA:Press Association
But Manchester Metropolitan University researcher Graeme Heyes has revealed the ground could be submerged by the rising sea levels as soon as 2100 – just 83 years into their lease.
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Heyes, who has studied football clubs and their environmental efforts, revealed he was surprised by Everton’s announcement and warned them to stock up on sandbags.
In an article for The Conversation, he wrote: “When I saw this news my initial reaction was one of surprise.
“As a researcher in sustainable business models, surely spending £300m on a waterfront stadium is a significant risk in terms of sea level rise?
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“Recent research has shown that by the year 2100 sea levels could rise by two metres. That is only 83 years into the proposed stadium’s 200-year lease.
“ And the Surging Seas website, which maps out scientific predictions of sea level rise, shows that 2℃ climate change would inundate the Liverpool docklands in the next 200 years or so.
The Mersey could rise dramatically if global warming continues to affect the river levelsReutersEverton have outgrown Goodison Park and have bought land for their future homeGetty Images
“The worst case scenario is even more worrying.
“Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University looked at what would happen if the sea were to rise seven metres, the same level as it was the last time the Earth was 1.5℃ hotter, and found much of the city would disappear under water.
“Everton was founded in 1878 and has been at its current home of Goodison Park for 125 years. It will still be around to see 2℃ warming and beyond.
The Toffees have agreed a deal to buy land at Bramley Dock in Liverpool to build a new £300m stadiumAlamyManchester Metropolitan University researcher Graeme Heyes has revealed the ground could be submerged bt 2100PA:Press Association
"The club’s fans, desperate for success, could be forgiven if they don’t let the far off implications of climate change deter them from supporting a state of the art new stadium.
“But whether they will look on this development so favourably in the coming decades remains to be seen.
"One can only hope the developers of this new stadium have undertaken a full climate change risk assessment – or have stocked up on sandbags.”
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