Sea Level Rise

PRASHAMSHA
SUJATA
JYOTI
RACHANA
INTRODUCTION

 Sea level rise refers to the long term sea level rise relative to the local
land level .

 The average long-term global rise of the ocean surface is measured from
the center of the earth as derived from satellite observations.

 As per the studies In Between 2010 and 2013 the Antarctic ice sheet lost
ice at the rate of 160 billion metric tons per year.
Twice as much as during the 2005-2010 survey
TREND

 Predicted to be 0.1m lower with global warming of 1.5ºC

compared to 2ºC.
i.e. 0.26-0.77m by 2100 for 1.5ºC
0.1 less than for 2ºC of global warming.
Sea level will continue to rise well beyond 2100.
 But the magnitude and rate of this rise depends on future
emission pathways.
CAUSES

1. Human Activities (CFCs emission)

2. Thermal Expansion - taking more space with temperature rise
3. Ice Caps Melting and not returning to its original shape.
4. Fresh water seepage
EFFECTS

 Coastal Flooding

 Heavy rain
Flood, Tsunami, Disaster, Infrastructure damage,
increase in soil salinity.
 Loss of habitat of large no of wildlife.
 Disappearance of large land areas.
Reduction of 0.1m in Global sea level rise implies that up to 10
million fewer people would be exposed to related risk based on
population
CLIMATE REFUGEES

Kiribati is the first nation to

purchase land in another
country to house its climate
refugees
Maldives

The Maldives is projected to experience sea level

rise on the order of 1.5 feet (half a meter)—and to
lose some 77 percent of its land area—by around
the year 2100.
Sea Level Rise