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The Effects of Rising Sea Level

The Effects of Rising Sea Level. Celia Guyer, Courtney Rich, Houston Kelly, Nerma Mrguda, Ashley Smallridge. Animation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLf19TXnW4&feature=player_embedded. Sources of conflict.

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The Effects of Rising Sea Level

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  1. The Effects of Rising Sea Level Celia Guyer, Courtney Rich, Houston Kelly, Nerma Mrguda, Ashley Smallridge

  2. Animation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLf19TXnW4&feature=player_embedded

  3. Sources of conflict • “The most recent satellite and ground based observations show that sea-level rise is continuing to rise at 3 mm/yr or more since 1993, a rate well above the 20th century average. The oceans are continuing to warm and expand, the melting of mountain glacier has increased and the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are also contributing to sea level rise." -Dr. John Church

  4. Sources of conflict continued • Human-induced global warming is causing glaciers and polar ice caps to melt, leading to a rise in ocean levels. • Rising sea levels caused by climate change are threatening to destabilize island nations and spark conflict across the world over energy and food reserves • The Arctic is melting, potentially making the extraction of undersea energy deposits commercially viable. Conflict is a remote possibility if these disputes are not resolved peacefully

  5. Sources of conflict continued • Its predicted warmer temperatures would change the location of South East Asian fishing grounds, leading to conflict over fishing rights, and lead to an increase in climate refugees fleeing the Pacific's sinking atolls. • Environmental changes would reinforce existing concerns regarding land availability, economic development and control over resources. multiplying the threats faced by fragile states and increasing the chance they would fail.

  6. Geographical Context and Impact on the United States

  7. Animation • http://flood.firetree.net/

  8. What will this cause worldwide? • Home loss/ Relocation of people • Climate changes • Areas of agriculture will be depleted • Islands disappearing

  9. What will happen in the United States? • Florida and other states disappearing • Relocation of many people • Natural disaster increase • Some agriculture areas depleted • Loss of jobs

  10. Historical context • A main reason for rising sea levels is melting ice sheets • The last ice age ended around ten millennia ago (Wisconsin glacial) • During the peak, 33% of land was covered by glaciers as opposed to the 11% it is now • With many glaciers, sea level becomes lower, and land mass becomes larger • When the climate changes the ice will melt and sea levels will rise.

  11. Historical context continued • In New York, over the last 150 years, there is about a 2 to 3 mm rise in sea level. • This map shows there is about a 3-6 mm rise in most areas, as shown in the year of 2010.

  12. Major Players • There are two different types of major players 1. The people/areas near the sea/ocean 2. The people/places contributing to greenhouse gases and Global Warming

  13. Negative contributors • The U.S. and China are obviously the two biggest greenhouse gas emitting countries • Greenhouse gases are considered to be the greatest cause of the melting of the glaciers • Everyday that we drive our cars to work, turn on our heat, or even spray our hair with hair spray we emit things that contribute to greenhouse gases • Almost every industrialized country emits greenhouse gases but not many makes controlling them a big deal

  14. Negative contributors trying to change • France, Sweden, Britain, Germany, and Canada are some countries trying to lower there greenhouse footprint • China has taken steps towards limiting greenhouse gases but they have so many people that it is hard • In the countries above government recommends alternative less fuel and greenhouse emitting transportation • Many of the natives of these countries have taken this to heart and try to use public transportation

  15. Solutions • THIS IS NOT AN UNPREVENTABLE NATURAL DISASTER. • Energy Efficiency: The cheapest, cleanest source of energy, more renewable power, and strong efforts to clean up old fossil fuel plants. • Cleaner cars: Cleaner fuels and more transit. • Green buildings and sustainable land use practices, which will make this a more healthier place to live and work in.

  16. More solutions • Become an NRCM activist: contact our legislators regarding important energy issues. • We need to adapt strong policies, at the state level. • We need citizens to get involved in local effort's, and to examine their own lives for ways to reduce global warming pollution. • Encourage humans to reproduce faster, as each human holds a few pints of water

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