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EQ3: Coastal erosion & sea level change alter physical characteristics & risk MatchUp
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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.
East Coast (England)
2.4 metres
Adaptation
Mangroves
Melting land ice and thermal expansion
Melting sea ice
Thames Estuary / London
Anywhere from <0.5 metres (lower estimate of RCP 2.6) to 2.4 metres (higher estimate of RCP 8.5)
Mitigation
Atolls / Maldives, etc.
The sea surface to be pulled up slightly
Low-lying area of the UK at risk of from flooding, protected by a barrier:
Islands especially at risk from flooding:
Area of the UK which saw flooding from storm surges in 1953 and 2013:
Low-pressure weather systems reduce the air pressure, causing:
Vegetation removed from tropical coastline that helps protect it from coastal erosion:
Causes of sea level change:
NOT a cause of sea level rise:
The highest point in the Maldives above sea level:
Possible sea level rise by 2100:
Learning to cope with the effects of climate change:
Limiting the extent of climate change - e.g. global CO2 emissions reduction: