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Click here to search for other assets Melting Ice, Rising Seas: Coastal Impacts of Sea Level Rise Grade level: 9-12 Themes: climate, ocean circulation, water cycle Video: melting_ice_04.flv
Josh Willis: "As the great ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland begin to melt and break up due to global warming, we really might experience very rapid sea level rise; three or four times as fast as the rate that we see today. So predicting this rate out into the future is very tricky because we really don't know when the ice sheets might break up and how fast they will when they do. So predicting future sea level rise is one of the great scientific problems of the future." (source) Student Outcomes After viewing this video, students should be able to: Explain how climate variations can induce changes in the global ocean circulation. (C: 9-12) Explain the relationship between fresh water and ocean dynamics. (W: 9-12) Determine if global precipitation, evaporation, and the cycling of water are changing. (W: 9-12) Key: C = climate / O = ocean circulation / T = 21st century technology / W = water cycle |