Amazon Rainforest Sea Level

In a world divided by war, it is easy to overlook problems that affect all of mankind. The dramatic rise in ocean levels worldwide constitutes just that sort of problem. Although the fundamental problem of global warming has been given airtime and plenty of written-media coverage, the problem of rising sea levels seems to have met a

Rising sea level can be caused by a variety of factors and can have an effect or influence even more. Future changes in sea level may impact human populations around the world and many other aspects of life on Earth more than many initially thought. The U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico is on track to be one of the most impacted by further sea level rise and the outcome could be detrimental to the entire coastline.

The combination of these and other trends was an estimated average sea-level increase of 1.5mm per year between 1961 and 2003, which reached 2.4mm per year in the decade from 1993 to 2003. The decades prior to this trend showed only minor fluctuations in sea-level, suggesting that the current rate exceeds what could be caused by natural cycles. While the exact impact of rising oceans is difficult to determine, it is certain that the consequences will include some degree of flooding, integration of salt water into water tables, and a loss of land due to coastal erosion and submersion.6

The Denver Academy has recently researched and defined some of the important facts surrounding the Amazon rainforest. In 2017, the Amazon rainforest covers 2.1 million square miles of South America. It is a vast ecosystem home to 10% of the world’s known species (The Denver Academy). They go on to say that the trees are so dense, when it rains, it takes 10 minutes for the water to break through the forest roof. The destruction of this habitat could lead to extinction of these species, and have devastating impacts all over the world from the loss of the lungs of the earth. While it is mainly concentrated in Brazil there are also large portions of the rainforest in Peru and Colombia, so many populations and economies are directly affected

Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest not only harms the forest, but it also harms the animals in the forest, the humans outside the forest, and Arctic Animals far North. Deforestation effects all life on Earth in an extremely negative way.

We have learned that there is a strong relationship and correlation between changing temperatures and sea level rise. The sea levels have risen, when the temperature have increased. The reasons are the melting of the ice sheets and the thermal expansion. Also, the lab describes the importance of the seawalls to prevent and protect the coasts of the natural disasters caused by the climate change.

Productivity, stability, and sustainability of the Amazon Rainforest has undergone extreme deterioration, mainly due to deforestation. Humans cut down trees in the rainforest for various reasons; these include acquisition of wood for timber, agricultural developments, extraction of minerals and energy, and access to new land. The loss of these trees ultimately can lead to climate change, which causes drought, the death of more trees, and the risk of forest fires. The Amazon Rainforest is home to ten percent of all plant and animal species known on Earth; this ecosystem also plays an essential role in controlling carbon levels all over the world. Currently, the rainforest is a “carbon sink,” which basically means that carbon dioxide is stored and prevented from triggering climate change. Due to human impacts, much less energy and food is produced in the Amazon, and organisms are constantly subject to

Another effect of global warming is evaporating seawater. The temperature rise is forecasted to rise approximately 2.5 to 10 degrees in the next century (Jackson, #5). Since this heat is also warming the surface water of the ocean to above average temperatures, the water is slowly evaporating. Though this may sound like a good thing because sea levels are rising way too high, this is the leading factor of extreme power of hurricanes. As seawater evaporates, the water vapors that are now trapped in the air promote the longevity and size of

Global warming has influenced the ocean more than anything else has in the world. The two largest changes happening in the ocean are the rising water levels and the rising temperature. Both of these factors have arrived because of an increase in greenhouse gases and an overall rise in temperature across the globe. The most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, comes mainly from the exhaust of cars and trucks. Our actions are affecting the oceans and seas more than ever before.

Even though we may be far away, we also depend on the forest. The Amazon uses a lot of carbon dioxide for the photosynthesis process. Once the plant life is cut down it releases that carbon into the air. This is increasing global warming. Due to deforestation the Amazon is accountable for about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (Amazon Rainforest).

Rising sea levels are occurring from global warming and extreme climate change. The burning of fossil fuels and greenhouse gasses has released masses amount of heat into our atmosphere which is getting trapped, causing our earths temperature to rise. Our oceans have absorbed up to 80% of this additional heat. Our Earth is not used to the higher temperatures which has had a dramatic impact on Ice Glaciers, causing them to melt which leaves sea levels rising. This problem is on going and each and everyday we are all contributing to it.

In fact, the Amazon provides about 20 percent of the world’s oxygen (“Destruction of the Amazon”). Conversely, as more of the Amazon forest is deconstructed, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will rise and the amount of oxygen produced will decrease. The increased effects of Global Warming over the years are a result of the deforestation of the Amazon. If the entire rainforest is demolished the Earth would begin to rapidly hold more heat from the sun, due to the build of carbon dioxide and lack of oxygen. The beautiful forest is one of the many keys to maintaining livable conditions on earth.

Human-caused rise in sea levels is occurring all over the globe. Large areas along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast have experienced considerably higher frequencies of relative increases in sea level than the worldwide average over the past half-century, with the local variations essentially because of land subsistence (USGCRP, 2009). On the other hand, parts of the coast in Alaska and the Northwest have experienced a minor fall in the sea level due to a continuing uplift resulting from melting of glaciers and other geology-related processes.

Global Warming has a huge affect on our daily lives and on animals. We lose a bunch of natural resources, especially fresh-water, because it melts into the salty oceans; however, attempts have been made including the slowing down of global warming by stopping the usage of fossil fuels; whether the attempts have been successful or not. The earth’s temperature is slowly increasing which is a massive long term factor on inhabitants all over the world. The Amazon Rainforest has also experienced many problems due to deforestation and the water circulation throughout all of the plants and trees. Global Warming is exponentially increasing causing the rapid melting of glaciers, which leads to ocean currents changing and

On the article “Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns” discuss that Amazon rainforest’s capacity of regulate the weather climate is becoming lower now and its a problem because it might be connected with others problems in the world for example the plaguing Sao Paulo. Scientists noticed the if the forests problems become bigger the consequences will become worse and what was the possible cause at the plaguing in Sao Paulo. The author said that before the problem in Sao Paulo people known about the problems and had a lot of alarms there, but now they will finally pay attention in what is occurring in the world and hopes that they do something to change this scenario.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report