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Rising sea levels

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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1.

RISING SEA LEVELS

3MM/YEAR, MELING OF LAND ICE, THERMAL EXPANSION, HUMAN INDUCED
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
2.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

  • Flooding of cities / land
  • Disappearing of islands
  • Change marine ecosystems
  • Threat of our food supply
Photo by Erik K Veland
3.

LIECHTENSTEIN

  • No sea
  • Problems of high water in the river (Rhein)
Photo by paul bica
4.

NETHERLANDS

  • 60% below sea level
  • Dried our land with windmills
  • Big flooding in 1953
  • Weir in the sea + dykes (regulate proportion)
  • Sea level rises & increasing melting water
Photo by bertknot
5.

REMEDY

  • Escape from the problem: building dykes/weirs
  • We should stop global warming!
  • Reduce our CO2 emissions - global agreements
  • Solving the inquality problem
  • Using green energy world wide + watermills
Photo by HKmPUA

Inge van Heck