climate-change-flooding

Nirgal arrives in a flooded southern England town called Faversham and travels by rowboat and motorboat through submerged neighborhoods to search discreetly for a Japanese woman named Hiroko. He encounters locals adapting to the new aquatic environment, including residents living in underwater 'bubbles' created inside old buildings, illustrating the dramatic impact of climate change and sea level rise. The chapter highlights the transformation of familiar landscapes into a water world and the resilience of human communities adapting to these changes.