Wider reading Flashcards
What is one of the fastest eroding coastline in europe?
Holderness coastline
For the last 5000 years, how fast has the Holderness coastline been eroding?
1-2 meters per year
Range of heights and materials of cliffs on Holderness Coastline?
3-40 metres made of silts, sands, gravels and clays which erode easily through repeated landslide activity
Why is it crucial that the Holderness cliffs continue to erode naturally?
Because the material lost travels south and provides sand and gravel that maintains Spurn Head. Also further south, fine sand from the Holderness cliffs supplies the beaches in Lincolnshire. Therefore it would have serious knock on effects if the council were to prevent the cliffs from eroding
What is the SMP for most of the Holderness coastline?
No active intervention meaning the coast will be allowed to erode naturally execpt for a few key areas such as Hornsea, Withernsea and Mappleton
How many people do researchers estimate will be living on coasts that are likely to flood by 2050?
300 million
What landscape was creating over 50 million years ago due to volcanic activity from fissures and cracks?
The Giant Causeway of Northern Ireland. The basalt cooled rapidly when it came into contact with the air, producing a unique structure of 40,000 hexagonal blocks.
What cliffs in England was made of resistant chalk sediment due to the deposition of calcium carbonate from the shells of sea creatures?
The White Cliffs of Dover which now dominate the south east England coast
How many islands does the nation of Kiribati have?
33
When are many of Kiribati’s islands predicted to disappear?
In the next 50 years
How much is the sea level rising by in parts of Kiribati?
1.2cm a year
What will Kiribati’s people be called if the islands become dangerously close to submerge?
Environmental refugees - as they are forced to move away as a result of change to the environment
