A Present View

Possible Temperature Change

(http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=cdKLIPNpEoG&b=2260033)

This is what the temperatures could look like over the next 100 years if our daily habits do not change. The following are some examples of areas that can be effected by sea level rise.

Florida, with a 5 meter level rise…

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(http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_change_and_sea_level/rising_sea_levels.htm)

Areas effected by a 6 meter rise in sea level…

6m_rise.jpg

(http://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/Ocean/sea_level.html)

As one can see not only will a lot of land be lost, but some metropolitan areas will be effected as well.


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