Rising Sea Level by Manmeet Kaur Seth

What Are The Impacts?

ManmeetKaur — 2015-06-02 00:52:39 UTC

When sea levels rise or when seawater reaches farther inland, it can cause flooding of wetlands, landslides, and lost habitat for fish, birds and plants, It will contaminate our drinking water, It will hurt the economy

xinzezhang — 2015-06-05 00:09:42 UTC

There's a video to help you understand a bit more.

NZ map Of Sea Level Rising

ManmeetKaur — 2015-06-05 00:14:15 UTC

ManmeetKaur — 2015-06-05 00:17:14 UTC

Why Is The Sea Level Rising?

ManmeetKaur — 2015-06-05 00:18:53 UTC

The Global Warming is causing the sea level to rise Human activities, such as burning coal and oil and cutting down tropical forests, have increased atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases and caused the planet to warm by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880.

ManmeetKaur — 2015-06-05 00:31:21 UTC

Wellington - highest rate of sea-level rise in NZ