Log #1

Log#1－The Price of Rising Seas Level: Drowning Wetlands

https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/72/the-price-of-rising-seas-drowning-wetlands

Some wetlands in California could become mudflats in the near future. What’s worse, they would one day disappear. It is said that the rate of rising sea level is the key to the disappearance of wetlands. That is, California could be totally different if we don’t take action for this worse and worse situation. It’s a warning not only for California, but also for the global－We would lose our home one day. This report analyzed and forecast the future of the wildlife in California. In the end of this century, they might lose any of the wetlands. It seems to aims at the district of California; however, rising sea level is happening in every low-lying place, resulting in submergence or drowning. Needless to say, once the habitat is submerged, those cherished animals would also be drowning.

How could it be if we lose some wildlife? Is there any impact on human beings? This global crisis is much more severe than we could imagine. However, the seas level is still rising and the wetlands are gradually drowning. It’s not only California’s business, but this situation also does harm to ecosystem as well as environment. The ecosystem could be destroyed and the environment could be changed into another one different from our current life. For example, the rate of sea level rise would become higher, and thus the estuaries could be modified. The balance of ecosystem would be changed. Eventually, we would lose vegetation and even a mudflat. We will have nothing left. It is a circumstance for California. I wonder what about Taiwan? We also have some places low-lying…