Sea Level Rise
 
  • Dr. John Holdren, president of American Association for the Advancement of Science, predicts a possible 4-meter sea level rise by end of the century,16 and Dr. James Hansen, NASA’s head of Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has stated the likelihood of a 5-meter sea level rise by end of the century.17 (2006, 2007, respectively.)
  • A sea level rise of even 1 meter would result in over 100 million climate refugees and endanger major cities like London, Cairo, Bangkok, Venice, New York, and Shanghai.18
  • Examples of countries affected by sea level rise:

    • Âu Lạc (Vietnam). At the nation’s rice bowl region, the Mekong Delta, ocean salt water has encroached an unprecedented 60 kilometers up-river in 2010, threatening 100,000 hectares of rice.19
    • Thailand. Seawater is expected to reach Bangkok’s ground level in 25 years. 20(GEodetic Earth Observation Technologies for Thailand: Environmental Change Detection and Investigation, 2010)
    • Egypt. More than 58 meters of coastline have vanished every year since 1989 in Rasheed.21 (Omran Frihy of the Coastal Research Institute, 2010)

  • Sea level rise caused at least 18 island nations to completely disappear while many more coastal areas are continually threatened.22 More than 40 other island nations are at risk from rising sea levels.23
  • Sea level rise threatens half of the world's population living within 200 kilometers of a coastline. Already, low-lying coastal regions and deltas see effects: 17 million in Bangladesh have fled their homes, mainly because of coastal erosion. Groundwater sources are contaminated by saltwater in Israel and Thailand, small island states in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Caribbean Sea, and in some of the world's major deltas, such as the Yangtze Delta and Mekong Delta.24

 Reference
Latest News
Guyana spends scarce resources to fend off rising seas. - 24 Dec 2010
Rising sea levels may engulf Indonesian islands. - 3 Dec 2010
Egypt faces rising sea levels. - 24 Nov 2011
Groundwater over-pumping linked to sea level rise. - 20 Nov 2010
Rising sea level erodes Solomon Islands food security. - 16 Nov 2010
Dr. John Church: Sounding the Sea-Level Rise Alarm Play
Warming water in deep Antarctic Ocean contributing to sea-level rise - 13 Oct 2010
Liberia’s Atlantic coast is eroding quickly - 18 Sep 2010
Rising waters endanger indigenous Venezuelan culture - 12 Sep 2010
Extinction expert paints bleak picture of flooded Earth due to rising seas -31 Jul 2010
Panamanian island dwellers prepare to leave ancestral homes - 24 Jul 2010
Nigeria loses islands to the sea. - 11 May 2010
Climate change now forecast to bring much higher sea level impact. - 28 Apr 2010
Glaciologist warns of drastic ice melt. - 11 Apr 2010
Rising sea claims previously disputed island. - 6 Apr 2010
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Sea warming rate is much faster than expected. - 29 Jun 2008
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New Zealand assists Kiribati island people in coping with climate change. - 11 Jun 2008
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Sinking islands in the South Pacific. - 3 Jun 2008
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Rising sea-levels will have a dramatic effect on US coastal habitat. - 26 May 2008
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Australia coastal homes under threat of rising sea level. - 25 May 2008
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Sea level rise may be higher than previously predicted. -11 May 2008
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East India’s coastal villages face submersion. - 3 May 2008
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Report: Rising sea levels could displace hundreds of millions. - 25 Apr 2008
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Higher sea level increases predicted. - 18 Apr 2008
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Scottish coastline eroding into the sea due to climate change. - 11 Apri 2008
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Canada’s northwest lakes see alarming effects of climate change. - 7 April 2008
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Increasingly high sea levels and severe weather are affecting Timor Leste’s society in many ways. - 2 Apr 2008.
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Global warming could lead to mass migration. - 1 Apr 2008
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Charlottes warned about global warming - 19 Mar 2008
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Bahrain battle for coastlines - 19 Mar 2008
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Canadians in southwest British Columbia prepare for higher sea levels - 15 Mar 2008
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Nile Delta under threat starting 2020: minister - 14 Mar 2008
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Humber Estuary homeowners in northwest England must fend for themselves as sea levels rise. - 10 Mar 2008
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Global warming threatens more than just coral attols islands - 5 Mar 2008
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Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean - 25 Feb 2008
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Southern Ocean rise due to warming, not ice melts - 20 Feb 2008
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UCSC researchers paint grim picture of global warming's impact - 13 Feb 2008
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Sea level along coastal China to rise 0.032 meters in 10 years - 12 Feb 2008
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Maldives Builds Barriers to Global Warming - 31 Jan 2008
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Researchers say sea levels rising faster than predicted -30 Jan 2008
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Cateret Islands in South Pacific are sinking due to rising seas from global warming. - 28 Jan 2008
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Tuvalu struggles to hold back tide - 28 Jan 2008
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Dr. John Church: Sounding the Sea-Level Rise Alarm
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Submerged Islands
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Rise in sea level changing Gujarat’s contours. - 14 Nov 2008
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World's First Climate Change Refugees to Arrive in Bougainville - 9 Nov 2008
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Sinking islands in the South Pacific. - 3 Jun 2008
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Sea level rise may be higher than previously predicted. -11 May 2008
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