Sea Level Rise

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Sea Level Rise". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story

A paper published in the Journal Science by Benjamin Chao and others of National Central University in Taiwan takes an interesting perspective on how the worlds 30,000 dams can be responsible for... Sea level rise may affect you, your home and your family. Find out more. Read Full Story

The Bush Administration recently commissioned a report to study the effects of climate change on Washington DC. The study which anticipates a nearly 30 centimetre rise in sea level by 2050 within the... Sea level rise may affect you, your home and your family. Find out more. Read Full Story

A couple of scientific papers recently (see my Del-icio-us bookmarks) has led to some climate sceptics to point to the fact that sea level may indeed be overstated, a fallacy or perhaps not linked to global climate change. The first paper by Fletcher and company used various scientific techniques to study the role of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the planet approximately 200 million years ago, a time when the islands that we know today, even the Seychelles, did not exist. His results... Read Full Story

Tuvalu is one of the smallest island state in the world with a population of around 12,000. Although it joined the United Nations only in 2000, it has a human history spanning more than 3,000 years – with a far richer culture and heritage than many of the countries which now maintain the fate of the world in the hands of their gas-guzzling consumers. How could these islanders survive for the last 3,000 years without sinking, and it took the developed nations of today just under 200 years to... Read Full Story