Week 13 - Coastal Erosion
Coastal erosion is having a big impact on Canada's future by negatively impacting many things. Coastal erosion is causing problems such as rising sea levels, putting human lives at risk, etc. Although coastal erosion may be hard to stop, there's way we can mitigate it. Rising Sea Levels: Coastal erosion has been raisi ng sea levels all over the world at a pretty rapid rate. It was stated in an article that I read " Global sea levels have risen at a rate of about 1.7 mm per year over the last century, but recent satellite observations are suggesting that 3 mm per year could be a more accurate prediction of sea level rise in the past decade." The reason rising sea levels can cause damage is because it increases the amount of floods that happen and cause structural damage to buildings. How Does This Affect Humans? Coastal erosion can affect many people in different ways. It states in the article tha t " Canada has 226,000 kilometers of coastline, and up to 600,0...