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Impacts of climate change on coastal environment
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Mind Map on Impacts of climate change on coastal environment, created by Zeen Tng on 02/03/2014.
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Impacts of climate change on coastal environment
Sea Level Rise
Increased risk of flooding in cities, inhabited islands, and tidal wetlands.
Increased salinity of ground water and push salt water further upstream
water undrinkable without desalination
harms aquatic plants and animals
Storm surge
Flood low-lying coasts
damage property
disrupt transportation systems
destroy habitat
Precipitation
increased spring runoff (too much precipitation)
threaten the health and quality of coastal waters.
runoff bring more nitrogen, phosphorus, and other pollutants into coastal waters, many aquatic species could be threatened
affect the salinity of coastal waters (little precipitation)
Droughts raises salinity in estuaries, and enables salt water to mix farther upstream
Coastal Water Temperatures
cause suitable habitats of temperature-sensitive species to shift northward.
Invasive species will start competing with native species.
Ocean Acidification
increase the risks of coral bleaching events that can lead to loss of critical habitat
Corals could be lost if CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere continue to rise at their current rate.
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