http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/science/earth/17sea.html?_r=1&ref=science
According to a new report by the environmental protection agency, the rise in sea level is increasing making many of the sea aniamls and other habitats in the water start to disappear. According to this report sea level has increased from 2.2 milimeters to 4.4 milameters and the Middle Atlantic states are very vulernable from this.
This also could mean if the sea level keeps increasing by a major amount, the islands surrounding North Craolina will become in danger and could go underwater. The report states that by 2100, the sea level will rise two feet making many islands disappear. If people don't want this to occur then they should save the wetlands.
This article was very interesting to me, because it shows that if we don't start to figure out ways to stop the sea levels from rising then many people and species will die or go extinct.
4 comments:
This is a very interesting article. However it does not say over what time span the sean level has risen from 2.2 mm to 4.4 mm. I was also curious as to which kinds of animals and if there are any major ones disapearing. Its pretty crazy to think about islands being under water in possibly less than a hundered years.
This article was very interesting. You had alot information about the animals.
This summaray has a large amount of deatail on the topic. i would like to have known what types of animals are disapearing during this time. Great job.
This is a very interesting article about the global climate change issue. You had good detail but I am interested to know if this is just part of the normal climate changes of the earth
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