Climate change is among the principal dangers facing people this century, and ocean levels are increasing dramatically. This essay will first suggest that the biggest problems caused by this phenomenon are the loss of land and the flooding of homes and then argue that pollution reduction and building flood protection are the most viable solutions.
The foremost problems caused by climbing sea levels are that land is being lost and peoples’ residences are often flooded. As water levels rise, low-lying land is submerged and many countries become smaller. Furthermore, millions of people all over the world live in coastal areas, and if the sea rises by even a few feet, they are inundated with water and lose their property. The devastation brought about by this was clear for all to see during the 2011 Tsunami in Japan, in which millions of people were displaced.
Possible solutions to these problems would be to reduce the amount of pollution being created and to build flood barriers. If each person reduces their carbon footprint, the negative effects on the environment will be reduced and this will mean that the water level will stop rising. Furthermore, flood defences, such as dikes, dams, and floodgates, could be built along coasts and waterways, thereby stopping the water reaching populated areas. The Netherlands is one of the most populated areas in the world and also one of the most vulnerable to flooding and they have successfully employed various flood defence systems.
To conclude, stemming the rising tides caused by increasing global temperatures is one of the foremost challenges we face and it will ultimately lead to some countries losing landmass and many of the worlds’ cities being left underwater, but possible solutions could be to protect our environment and to utilise the flood prevention techniques already used by countries like Holland.
Climate
change
is among the principal
dangers
facing
people
this century, and ocean
levels
are increasing
dramatically
. This essay will
first
suggest that the biggest problems caused by this phenomenon are the loss of land and the flooding of homes and then argue that pollution reduction and building
flood
protection are the most viable solutions.
The foremost problems caused by climbing sea
levels
are that land is
being lost
and
peoples’
residences are
often
flooded. As
water
levels
rise, low-lying land
is submerged
and
many
countries become smaller.
Furthermore
, millions of
people
all over the world
live
in coastal areas, and if the sea rises by even a few feet, they
are inundated
with
water
and lose their property. The devastation brought about by this was
clear
for all to
see
during the 2011 Tsunami in Japan, in which millions of
people
were displaced
.
Possible solutions to these problems would be to
reduce
the amount of pollution
being created
and to build
flood
barriers. If each person
reduces
their carbon footprint, the
negative
effects on the environment will be
reduced
and this will mean that the
water
level
will
stop
rising.
Furthermore
,
flood
defences
, such as dikes, dams, and floodgates, could
be built
along coasts and waterways, thereby stopping the
water
reaching populated areas. The Netherlands is one of the most populated areas in the world and
also
one of the most vulnerable to
flooding and
they have
successfully
employed various
flood
defence
systems.
To conclude
, stemming the rising tides caused by increasing global temperatures is one of the foremost challenges we face and it will
ultimately
lead to
some
countries losing landmass and
many
of the worlds’ cities being
left
underwater,
but
possible solutions could be to protect our environment and to
utilise
the
flood
prevention techniques already
used
by countries like Holland.