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Water
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The impacts on our water are significant and with regards to flooding, it is vital we start thinking about it immediately. For detailed information, see our articles below.
Sea levels
As temperatures rise, the sea will absorb heat from the
atmosphere, causing it to expand and therefore creating sea level rises.
For more detail read the full article.
Glaciers
If the entire Western Antarctic ice sheet melts, the water produced will raise sea levels by about 3.2 metres. For more detail
read the full article.
Flooding
Major floods that have only happened before say, every 100 years on average, may now begin to occur every 10 or 20 years. The flood season may become longer and there will be flooding in places where there has never been any before. For more detail read the full article.
Gulf stream
Some climate models indicate that the Gulf Stream could slow by 20-25% by 2100. For
more detail read the full article.
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