The Negative Impacts Of Rising Sea Levels

Good morning Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for your attention on this important topic. I am Madison Myones, Mayor of New Orleans, making an assessment of sea level risk in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, where 85 percent of the residents support funding additional research into renewable energy sources (Marlon & Howe, 2017). I speak on behalf of the citizens of Orleans Parish where our unique culture and vibrant heritage are under constant threat due to the impending risk of climate change and potential sea level rise that could engulf our entire county. Already we are seeing more coastal loss in Louisiana than anywhere else in the country; I fear that if sea level rise continues to go unchecked, our county will not

The sea-level rise is due to climate change which is caused by rising ocean surface temperatures leads to more evaporation and increase in air moisture. Ocean warming also leads into coral bleaching which results into loss of structure and habitat.

Another factor of ascending sea levels is the increase in temperatures (3). Eissa and Zaki implies that “a considerable number of many species will be threatened with a continuous increase in sea levels to a certain point that the animal or species could become extinct” (The impact of global climatic…” 2). Sea levels are rising at very accelerated rates, and until the water keep rising, they will become very harmful to the human population and many marine organisms. However, increasing temperatures is one of the main factors of climate change. Johansen insists that “the warming of the world’s oceans has not only affected the animals who live above the surface, but also the ones who live below” (“Marine Life…” 1). Increasing temperatures are mostly caused by many human activities such as the release of fossil fuels emissions and greenhouse gases. The two main processes that cause increasing temperatures are Climate Change and the Greenhous effect. These can be very harmful to the marine population and permanently extinct them. According to recent studies, NOAA has discovered that seawater temperatures are increasing by about 0.1 Celsius, and many organisms confronted with this change could be in great danger (NOAA 2). In addition to increasing temperatures and sea levels rising, another factor would be ocean acidification. Global Issues portrays that” ocean acidification is caused by substantial amounts of carbon dioxide which is caused by greenhouse emissions” (Climate

Due to Climate Change, the temperatures are increasing and there is a rise in sea

The Sea Level has increased over the past 200 years as average global temperatures have increased. The rise is due to two factors, the freshwater being added to the oceans from ice melt in the cryosphere, and the thermal expansion of the oceans due to rises in sea temperature. The sea level has risen 6 to 8 inches in the past 100 years. It is predicted to rise another 50 to 90 centimeters in the next century. As the sea level rises it’s jeopardizing rapidly growing coastal communities, which causes evacuation in some areas causing people to lose their homes. Sea level is the effect

Decades of research suggest that sea-levels are rising, and will continue to rise as a result of climate change. This rise will have the most immediate and significant impact on

The rise of sea level and global warming has become a much more serious problem right now. This problem has drawn international attention, because higher sea levels in the future would cause great damages not only in coastal area, but also in various parts of the world.We have already seen thousands of people call and lead people to protect our environment and eliminate the emission of greenhouse gases. We could lose our planet as well based on what we did. We really have to take action to prevent the dangerous outcomes happen in the future, otherwise the more people’s life would be inflected and

According to the American Bar Association, "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has concluded that during the 20th century, sea levels rose some 5-9 inches throughout the world."(Gresham, Imwalle). This not only puts costal communities at risk of losing their homes, but also cause damage to infrastructures worth millions of dollars. The rise of sea level due to climate change has put Bay Area officials hard at work to come up with different plans on how to deal with this in the future.

If the Earth gets warmer, there will be many countries affected by the rising sea levels. Temperature changes will affect the sea levels. If the average climate of the Earth changes by at least two degrees Celsius, the sea levels would rise. The coast lines would look a lot different. There are also many people near the coast lines that would get affected by the rising sea levels. In many countries, there are people that live by the ocean and would have to move due to the rising water. There would also be many countries that would have a difficult time adapting to the sea level. Many people near the coast would have to move due to the higher sea level. Livestock would also have to be moved away from the coast. If the sea level rises about 200

The topic of sea level rise in Vancouver has a myriad of different tensions and perspectives. A major tension of sea level rise is the uncertainty of how this will affect the world today, and because this is a recent issue, there is little past evidence or research on the effect this will have on coastal cities(Karl & Trenberth, 2003). As a consequence, the infrastructure in Vancouver was laid out with little to no insight towards the possibility of the sea surrounding them rising above what was deemed to be a static level at the time(Owrangi et al, 2014). Along with poorly planned a poorly planned infrastructure, there could also be a vast array of issues introduced by sea level rise that are were unpredicted due to the lack of occurrences

In all, Earth’s oceans are diverse systems that all of life depends on for survival. The oceans act as a large conveyor belt; transporting varying volumes of water do different parts of the world. Any kind of alterations or disruptions to this conveyor belt causes regional sea levels to rise. These alterations are greatly impacted by anthropogenic climate change, the long-term alteration of earth’s climate as a result of human activities. The main ingredient behind climate change is the constant changing of global temperatures due to increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions produced by humans. Mankind became intertwined with climate change during the industrial

What if I told you that by 2100 the sea level will rise 1-4 feet? This is a startling reality and scientists have predicted that it will affect people by increases in flooding, the Arctic becoming ice-free, and further increase in temperature. Why will the sea level rise 1-4 feet by 2100? The answer is human induced climate change and global warming. How do we know that the climate change isn’t natural? Atmospheric carbon dioxide is higher than it has ever been. How high? The previous high was 300 ppm (parts per million) before the Industrial Revolution began (1). Now, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are at 400 ppm and still rising (1). In case you were unaware, the reason atmospheric carbon dioxide levels matter are because carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases are gases that contribute to the “greenhouse

First of all, There is strong evidence that global sea level is getting higher and will continue to rise during this century. There are some human activities, such as burning of fossil fuels and cutting down tropical forests, have gained atmospheric absorption of heat-trapping gases releases enormous amounts into the air. It means that the Earth’s surface temperature increases, and the oceans absorb that additional heat. There is no doubt that when the ocean is warmer, large ice formations, like glaciers and the polar ice caps, naturally melt back faster and add more water to the oceans. The melting ice caps are raising sea levels at an accelerating rate. According to Howard (2015), “A bombshell climate study published this week warns that

Even though we have all of these consequences that come from climate change, these consequences do not come anywhere close to the problem of sea levels rising due to the fact of climate change. Sea levels’ rising is the worst consequence of climate change. Before we can understand why it is the worst we must first understand what sea levels are and why they are happening. Sea levels are the measurements and average surface of one or more of earth’s oceans. The rise of sea levels is caused by the melting of glaciers and the Atlantic Ice. This melting is caused by the climate change which rises the temperatures of the where the ice is, which causes it to melt and the water temperature rises which also assists in melting the ice. For example is the Muir Glacier in Alaska.

In the article “glaciers will most defiantly disappear by the middle of century and add to rising sea levels, expert warns, the issues with climate change that it doesn’t affect one thing it causes risk of sudden avalanches of rocks and soil released from the ice, and the major affect that it will make sea levels rise by the effects of glaciers melting” (Jowit, 2009). According, to Juliette Jowit “man- made emissions, are the leading cause for glaciers melting, sea