Consequences
Where are people migrating to?
Higher Ground
How many main causes are there?
3
How many islands were lost?
8
What are people starting to build?
Seawalls
How deep would the oceans be if all the ice in the world melted?
70 metres
How many effects did we say?
5
What are the causes we mention?
Thermal expansion, ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica melt faster and melting glaciers
When did the islands disappear?
2017
What is the sad thing about this?
Rising them
How can sea levels rising affect farming.
It can cause destructive erosion which can also affect the agricultural land around it.
What does it contaminate?
Our drinking water
Greenland and Antarctica
What is the average rise of sea level per year?
3 mm
Upgrading what?
Sewage systems
What will happen to our farming?
It will interfere with it by contaminating the soil
What happens to the seasons?
Winters are delayed and springs anticipate.
What was the archipelago of these islands called?
Solomon islands
What is the sad thing?
It is difficult to cope with it in the long-term
Why does it affect the animals?
It destroys some of their habitats and it threatens them
Name the six solutions.
Building seawalls, using beaches as barriers, raising roads, building stormwater pumps, upgrading sewage systems, and creating natural infrastructure.
How many islands disappeared between 2016-2017?
3
What are they creating?
Natural infrastructure