COASTS Bk6 - Contemporary Change Flashcards
1
Q
What is the IPCC?
A
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2
Q
What is the mm annual increase due to thermal expansion?
A
3.2mm
3
Q
What is the rise in sea levels over the last 200,000 years and expected beyond 2100.
A
200,000 - 125m
2100 - 4-6m
4
Q
Anticipated impacts of climate change
A
- Incr flooding
- Decr supply of freshwater
- Decr habitats (Antarctica)
- Forced migration - environmental refugees
- Accelerated rates of temp incr - biodiversity + food production
- Contamination of agricultural land by salt water
- Change in ocean temp and currents
- Estuarine flooding
- Incr coastal erosion
- Cost of management strategies
- Low lying ocean submerging
