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We need to save to save ourselves before its too late!

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We need to save to save ourselves before its too late!

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Look at our beautiful lake we need to save!

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Look at our beautiful lake we need to save!

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I bet you go to the beach about once or twice, maybe even 3 times per year. But I bet you go there to enjoy it to not even be able to sit or lay. First off, this sea level rise problem will happen first in our favorite vacation spots, then it will start to go into our lakes and that would be awful if we were to flood. This is why sea level rise is such a danger, and you can fix it by putting sea walls up.

The problem is easy to say it's just simply sea level rise it's just a little harder to say the solution. As I said in the last paragraph, the problem of sea level rise could affect us in the future. This could endanger us and I have evidence, “In 1992 at the United Nations Earth Summit, he said, ‘I stand before you as a representative of an endangered people. We are told that as a result of global warming and sea-level rise, my country, the Maldives, may sometime during the next century, disappear from the face of the Earth,’” (Maldives Builds Barriers to Global Warming). This shows how much of a problem this could be. It could wipe entire places out of the Earth which would also hurt the economy because millions would be moving places and that would mean that there would be even more money to distribute. Also, Maldives Builds… says, “Azeez Abdul Azeez Hakim runs a marine research lab on the island of Vabbinfaru in the Maldives. He says that as polar ice melts, ‘this water has to go somewhere, and there is no way that we can prevent this water coming into the Indian Ocean, into the Maldives.’” This shows how it could come to Michigan through another source just like what almost happened to the Maldives. Climate Change Has Caught Up to This Alaska Village says, “As a result, Newtok residents for years have watched enormous chunks of once-stable soil crumble into the Ninglick, bringing the waters ever closer to homes, sometimes as much as 83 feet per year.” This also shows that water can rise at alarming rates. That means after only 2 years the water would already be 166 feet higher. I would like to keep our state, would you?

Our solution could be sea walls. Well, you may be asking “Why would we put seawalls up?” Well, it's because when the sea level does rise we will be unaffected. As it states in "Maldives Builds Barriers to Global Warming, “Gayoom was able to persuade the Japanese government to pay for the $60 million wall after the floods of 1987. The wall reduced the vulnerability of Male, which is a mile long and houses one-third of the country’s population.” This goes to show the great impact sea walls will have and how much they will reduce vulnerability to the sea. Also from Maldives Builds… “Azeez Abdul Azeez Hakim runs a marine research lab on the island of Vabbinfaru in the Maldives. He says that as polar ice melts, ‘this water has to go somewhere, and there is no way that we can prevent this water coming into the Indian Ocean, into the Maldives.’” This may seem like there is no way but we can build sea walls and eventually discard all greenhouse gasses! To do that you could make legislation to not be able to use environmentally harmful gasses. This shows the solution is nature friendly and it works! This is why sea level is such a problem but can be fixed.

Senator Stabenow, I know you love Michigan which is why you need to build sea walls. It could be like our own conservation. It will keep us way safer from floods. Also, I know they’ll eventually erode but that is why we could make a new job. The new job could be somebody who watches the wall and if it cracks they can call the people who will fix it. Please make Michigan stay great. This is why you need to stop sea level rise before it's too late.

Sincerely,

Brody Boyd