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Rising Sea Levels


All over the world there are people who will become a victim of the rising sea's and as I have now learnt that the issues we have made is now irreversible. This entails for a scary future for everyone. The image to the right is showing how many people in the top 30 cities will be affected in years to come in regards to the sea level rising. 

 I read online that; "Global temperature-rise due to the ‘greenhouse’ effect may ultimately cause the sea level to rise as much as 3 m by the year 2100."(Castro Ortiz, 1994). This was written in 1994 however this still seems very accurate. 2100 is only a short amount of time from where we are at right now which shows that we really don't have long left to come up with some solutions. 
  I find it interesting that the greenhouse effect is also mentioned in this passage, this is because even in 1994 people were able to predict the future that we are now living in. If we knew about the damage we was doing back then and how it would affect the future of earth, then I am wondering why no one did anything to help promote awareness sooner. 

 Castro Ortiz, C. (1994). Sea-level rise and its impact on Bangladesh. Ocean & Coastal Management, [online] 23(3), pp.249-270. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0964569194900221.

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