The Effects of Rising Sea Levels

The scientific community has just started to understand the many ways that such climate change will occur. With the growing demand for further research, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 1988. The purpose of the IPCC is to investigate the cause and to influence climate change. Identify and understand human impacts and unify global efforts to tackle climate-related issues.

Global warming is expected to have a series of effects on the ocean. Continuous impacts include thermal stratification due to glacial and ice sheet thermal expansion and sea level rise due to melting and sea level warming. The other influence is the large change in the ocean circulation. This figure shows the change in the amount of aragonite dissolved in sea surface water from the 1880's to the past 10 years (2003 - 2012). Historical simulation showed that since the 1880's, the increase in carbon dioxide brought about a decline in the level of oceanic Chinese stone saturation (reduction of mineral availability) worldwide. The greatest decrease in saturation of aragonite occurs in tropical waters. However, the decline in cold climates can be of greater concern as cold water has lower aragonite levels than usual.

The rise in the average sea level in the world is caused by the expansion of the sea water, melting the ice, mainly due to the rise in the temperature of the earth. However, sea level rise is not uniform, it depends on location. Sea level rise along the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington (hereinafter referred to as the West Coast of the United States) is a regional factor such as the global average sea level rise, the circulation pattern of the North Pacific Ocean and atmosphere, the gravity potential of land ice change depends on. Like the coastal structure deformation effect The relative importance of these elements determines how the local sea level is above or below the global average and how fast it changes. This information is very important for coastal planning.

Sea level rise along the coast of California, Oregon, Washington: past, present and future (2012)

The average sea level is rising. Sea level rise is a worldwide average sea level change induced by global sea level change. Relative sea level rise occurs where sea level rises against local land flow. The climate modeler focuses on estimating sea level changes. It will influence researchers to focus on relative sea level changes. Sensitivity is whether the system is affected by climate-related stimuli, whether harmful or beneficial. Impacts are direct (eg change in crop yield due to mean value, range, or temperature change) or indirect (eg damage due to coastal flood frequency increase due to sea level). To rise. See also climate sensitivity.