Here are the areas of Wirral most likely to flood by 2050

Flooded Future, a new report by Climate Central, has predicted the areas most at risk of flooding due to rising sea levels caused by melting ice sheets and glaciers.

The report claims that global sea levels will rise around 2ft to 7ft but this will be determined by how quickly the land-based ice sheets 'destabilise'.

Based on sea level projections for 2050, land which is now home to around 300 million people will fall below the elevation of an average annual coastal flood and by 2100, land currently home to 200 million could sit permanently below the high-tide line.

As parts of Wirral have a low elevation Climate Central have calculated that the borough is at risk from rising sea levels.

It predicts that areas such as Hoylake, Meols, Leasowe and Moreton could be completely underwater.

While areas such as Birkenhead, Wallasey, West Kirby, Lower Heswall, Parkgate, Neston, Port Sunlight and Ellesmere Port will also be affected.

Strangely, areas such as New Brighton and Thurstaston seem to be less likely to flood.

Climate Central used elevation model based on SRTM 3.0 which derived from satellite radar during a NASA mission in 2000.

The group then converted the data to reference local mean higher-high water levels and compared the elevations to sea level rise projections to find regions that are at risk to fall under the new high tide line over the next few decades.

To view the data for Flooded Future 2050 click here.