Rising Sea Levels
Final Project
Dawn Harshbarger
Rising Sea Levels Currently much research is being done and remains to be done on the current rise in sea levels. There are many different opinions and many scenarios that could happen. The fact that rising sea levels will change the wet lands and the coastal regions, as we know them is a harsh reality that humankind should face rather quickly.
Coastal regions that are now very developed with high rise condominiums on the shore line will eventually be under water at least the first couple of floors, populations will have to continue to move inland, thus creating a congestion effect.
Eventually fresh water will invade salt water and this will kill out plant and animal life that are not able to adapt. The rising levels will also take out plant life that will not be able to handle living under water.
Rising sea levels will change the structure of the environment and land, man will have to adjust or go under so to speak. I think that man is well aware of the damage we are doing but the global effect will make rapid change without man. We as a race, an entire race will have to make change, and getting everyone on board to make global change will be hard to do, because just trying to get a large group to do one certain thing is hard. Not that long ago a group attempted to get everyone to suspend travel or gas usage for one day to help see if the cost of fuel would be affected but there was not a lot of support and therefore nothing changed. Some people who do not believe or who have no knowledge of these things will find it hard to change the way they do things in their everyday life. Then there will be those ones who say that sea levels will not change and those who do are trying to scare everyone. If we do not start reducing the greenhouse effect and start, conserving fuels and reducing pollution the ice caps will continue to melt. The only thing we will have to wonder about will be how fast and what rate will the ice melt.
Dawn Harshbarger
Rising Sea Levels Currently much research is being done and remains to be done on the current rise in sea levels. There are many different opinions and many scenarios that could happen. The fact that rising sea levels will change the wet lands and the coastal regions, as we know them is a harsh reality that humankind should face rather quickly.
Coastal regions that are now very developed with high rise condominiums on the shore line will eventually be under water at least the first couple of floors, populations will have to continue to move inland, thus creating a congestion effect.
Eventually fresh water will invade salt water and this will kill out plant and animal life that are not able to adapt. The rising levels will also take out plant life that will not be able to handle living under water.
Rising sea levels will change the structure of the environment and land, man will have to adjust or go under so to speak. I think that man is well aware of the damage we are doing but the global effect will make rapid change without man. We as a race, an entire race will have to make change, and getting everyone on board to make global change will be hard to do, because just trying to get a large group to do one certain thing is hard. Not that long ago a group attempted to get everyone to suspend travel or gas usage for one day to help see if the cost of fuel would be affected but there was not a lot of support and therefore nothing changed. Some people who do not believe or who have no knowledge of these things will find it hard to change the way they do things in their everyday life. Then there will be those ones who say that sea levels will not change and those who do are trying to scare everyone. If we do not start reducing the greenhouse effect and start, conserving fuels and reducing pollution the ice caps will continue to melt. The only thing we will have to wonder about will be how fast and what rate will the ice melt.