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EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISING By Nathalie Troost, Bram Nap, Youri de Ruiter & Selina van Luik
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INDEX Food supplies Extinction Diseases Precautions
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FOOD SUPPLIES Effects on the food supplies: Crops will be destroyed Infected crops Contamination of the ground Less space to grow crops Water supplies contaminated Even less drinking water
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EXTINCTION Effects on animals: Decreasing habitat Contamination of the water Less food Melting ice sheets Animals moving to other places Different “natural” enemies
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DISEASES Effects on diseases: Vector-borne diseases Contaminate the water supplies Increase of breeding grounds for mosquitoes Main cause of malaria and dengue Infected water snails Able to adapt to salty water levels
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PRECAUTIONS No certain solution yet Creating lakes in Australian desert Global warming must be decreased first You can do things yourself Not putting appliances on standby Not possible to completely stop it Thermal expansion
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