LOCAL COASTLINES TO DISAPPEAR TWICE AS FAST

By Ellis_t1 | Thursday, January 14, 2010, 20:27

Southwest coastlines could be destroyed twice as quickly as first predicted according to an international study carried out by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). It is expected that thousands of residents in Exmouth and other coastal towns will lose their homes due to rising sea levels.

The report, published last month, describes sea levels increasing by as much as 1.4 metres by 2100, if levels continue to rise at the current rate. This could have a possible disastrous effect on local cliffs which are already being quickly worn away. SCAR scientists have said that the original report published two years ago by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change grossly underestimated how much melting ice caps would affect sea levels. If the average global temperature rises by just 2C, sea levels could rise by 50cm, showing that a small increase in temperature can have a big effect on our environment.

“Things are not happening as slowly as people first felt and are less predictable” says Dr David Santillo, scientist at the Greenpeace research laboratories in Exeter.

“The scale of change is just a matter of time” With changing predictions and a worsening climate, the security of local beauty spots is under question, and a need for attention on reducing climate change is increasing.

“We need a primary focus on cutting emissions and reducing climate change” Dr Santillo says, emphasising the need for local action in order to protect our surrounding environment.

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woahh I hadn't seen all these comments! This piece was written for my journalism course at college and we were told to put them on here but I appear to be the only one to have done so...
oh and j0nnyb0y1, I suggest you use spell check on the word "have" since it isn't spelt "heve".

By Ellis_t1 at 20:48 on 22/02/10
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PS. In my entry of 23/01/10 nobody appears to heve noticed my spelling error. What is this world coming to?

By j0nnyb0y1 at 18:38 on 24/01/10
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Mr Chum, I meant that the original story was amended, not your prose

By j0nnyb0y1 at 18:35 on 24/01/10
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Really interesting article... whatever everyone else is saying about spellcheck!

By CoastalMummy at 17:06 on 23/01/10
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Really interesting article... whatever everyone else is saying about spellcheck!

By CoastalMummy at 17:05 on 23/01/10
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