Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Expert: We're 'locked-in'
to 3 feet sea level rise
A rise in global
sea levels of one to three feet. That was the prediction that the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made two years ago. But according to
NASA’s latest projections, even the higher end of the estimate doesn’t seem to
be enough. That’s bad news for those who live or do business in coastal areas
or islands with low altitude, not to mention the polar bears that have already
been struggling to live in fast-changing environment.
The cause?
Expanding warmer ocean water, melting mountain glacier and ice sheets
especially in Greenland and Antarctic. As a matter of fact, sea levels have
already risen close to 3 inches for the last two decades. As the population and
activities of humans are going to increase rapidly for the next few decades, higher
sea levels seem inevitable.
Enjoy reading and
learning another warning of global warning.
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