EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Question
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melting polar ice caps
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strong waves in the ocean
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lower sea levels
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decrease in Earth’s surface temperature
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Detailed explanation-1: -heaver rainfalls and intense typhoons.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rising seas endanger coastal cities and small island nations by exacerbating coastal flooding and storm surge, making dangerous weather events even more so. Glacial melt of the Greenland ice sheet is a major predictor of future sea level rise; if it melts entirely, global sea levels could rise 20 feet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Higher temperatures are worsening many types of disasters, including storms, heat waves, floods, and droughts. A warmer climate creates an atmosphere that can collect, retain, and unleash more water, changing weather patterns in such a way that wet areas become wetter and dry areas drier.
Detailed explanation-4: -Very briefly, these include: Melting sea ice and the exposure of ocean water at the poles (the albedo effect). Rapid environmental change due to ice melt (“Arctic amplification”). Thawing permafrost and the release of greenhouse gases.
Detailed explanation-5: -1 Answer. The sea level would rise and many costal cities would be flooded.