Rising Sea Level & Pacific Nations
This is projected to happen to the Maldives by 2100 and the Marshall Islands by 2030 if current sea level rise trends continue
What is submersion by the Pacific?
Instances of this extreme weather event will continue to worsen due to Climate Change because warm water and air acts as its fuel
What is a Tropical Cyclone?
This process which occurs as a result of increasing temperature of the ocean has contributed to the loss of 50% of the Great Barrier Reef since 2016
What is Coral Reef Bleaching?
This is caused when waste being dumped into the ocean
What is water pollution?
Rising levels of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere that are warming up the Earth and are causing wide range impacts such as rising sea levels, melting snow and ice, extreme heat events, extreme rainfall and floods, and extreme storms throughout the Pacific
What is climate change?
Because of the effect of Earth's rotation, sea level rise occurs more dramatically here
What is the Equator?
This economic sector is the primary source of income for many Pacific Islands and is most affected by Climate Change due to extreme weather conditions
What is Tourism?
This ongoing trend of PH change in our Oceans makes it difficult for Coral to build their Calcium Carbonate, making them less resilient and making it less likely for regrowth to occur
What is Ocean Acidification?
Ocean Acidification happens over time, as the oceans absorb Carbon Dioxide, causing this change in Ph
What is a Reduction?
Climate Change in the Pacific is primarily as a result of this, a term for human influence on our ecosystem from human activity
What is anthropogenic?
Many Pacific Island nations stand to lose these historically important locations and their artifacts due to submersion and extreme weather
What is a Cultural Site?
The loss or displacement of land along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms.
What is Coastal Erosion?
Most Scientists agree that by this year, it is likely that most coral will be extinct if current Climate Change trends continue
What is 2100?
The destruction of marine ecosystems by Climate Change will cause this industry that depends on resources of aquatic life to decline
What is Open Ocean Fishing?
Rising saltwater affects this human resource
What is Freshwater?
This piece of infrastructure and civil engineering encircles the Maldivian island capital to protect from rising sea levels
What is a seawall?
Residents of coastal Pacific terrain are taking part in this action as a result of increasingly violent Extreme Weather Events, necessitating that they move further inland or entirely elsewhere
What is Forced Migration?
Coral Bleaching is caused by the breakdown of this relationship between the coral animal and algae which occurs due to increased stress from Climate Change related factors
What is a Symbiotic Relationship?
Rising sea temperature will dramatically affect this vital process which supplies nutrients to many aquatic species and ecosystems. Disruption of this process will completely change the California Current System, which would then destroy the ecosystems that rely upon it.
What is Upwelling?
Some coastal and terrestrial Endangered Species are threatened by rising sea levels and coastal inundation which would cause this phenomenon which could then cause their extinction
What is Habitat Loss?
The two choices facing many low lying Pacific Island nations as their nations are projected to be enveloped by water has been coined as such
What is "Relocate or Elevate"?
These "royal" tides, the high tides of high tides, sweep over many Pacific Islands a couple times a year, flooding many islands completely while causing a drought in some surrounding areas as the water swells.
What are King Tides?
Many Coral Reefs lie offshore of islands, and are damaged by these events which transport runoff to them and deposit sediment disrupted by the storm in the reef
What is an Extreme Weather Event?
Due to the warming up of cool patches of Ocean and the overheating of warm patches, this will change as species move to accommodate their ideal conditions
What is Geographic Range?
These islands can be divided into three main groups known as Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia
What are the Pacific Islands?