Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Impacts of Climate Change on Coasts

Question 1

Is global sea level currently rising eustatically or isostatically?

Answer 1

Eustatically

Question 2

How does climate change cause eustatic change?

Answer 2

Climate change causes thermal expansion and melting of ice sheets

Question 3

What does predicted sea level change depend on?

Answer 3

How much warming is likely to occur

How the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are likely to respond

Question 4

What is the range of predicted sea level change between 1990-2090?

Answer 4

18 - 59 cm

Question 5

What are the major impacts of the predicted rise in sea level change?

Answer 5

Flooding of cities, agricultural land, power stations and transport links
Loss of coastal habitats
Submergence of low-lying islands
Migration away from coastal areas

Question 6

What percentage of land in Bangladesh is predicted to be permanently flooded?

Answer 6

11%