impacts

• why does global warming lead to sea level rise - 2 reasons?


  • melting ice caps and glaciers
  • Thermal expansion of the oceans
• what are many places around the world at risk from?

  coastal flooding

  coastal erosion

  lOSS OF HABITATs

  Loss of farmland / salinisation

  population displacement
• sea level has been rising consistently over the last 10,000 yeares