(Global Sea
Level Rise Map)
•Bangladesh is currently confronted with rising
sea levels. (BBC World News 2009)
•High tides
in Vietnam are flooding coastal homes. A 1 meter rise in sea level will have 40% of Vietnam underwater. (NHK World - Japan
2009)
•The East and West Coast states, Florida and Louisiana will be affected by a 1 meter rise.
•Much closer to home, El Central, Brawley and Indio California will flood with a 1 meter rise.
•Prior to 1993 the annual rise in ocean levels was 1.8 mm (0.07 in). From 1993 to 2003 ocean levels have risen around 3.0 mm (0.118 in) per year.
•The melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica have accelerated in the past few years and is not being included in many sea level rise prediction models.