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Climate change and the effects on the ocean

By Taylah Gabrisch

In the next fifty years there will be many changes to the oceans of the world. These changes will
affect the climate of all countries around the world. The changes in the oceans include rising
temperatures, levels and salinity. These changes will cause changes in the average daily
temperatures of cities and countries, the amount of rainfall, both increases and decreases and the
amount of severe weather.
One of the effects on the weather through higher sea temperatures is that clouds will form over
oceans more often and with more moisture inside them. This may produce heavier rainfall in coastal
areas with the rain falling more often in sudden downpours. The higher sea temperatures are caused
by extra gases produced by humans and their activities into the already naturally occurring
greenhouse gases. Humans are adding gases faster than the oceans and plants of the world can
absorb them thus increasing the temperature of the worlds surface including the oceans.
If the oceans surface temperature warms it may cause an increase in tropical cyclogenesis, the
development and strengthening of a tropical cyclone. Events like this can be predicted by a special
meter called Argo float. Argo floats are used to measure the sea temperature and salinity from
2000m down and right up to the surface.
The changes due to wetter, dryer and hotter weather will lead to other extreme weather events.
Wetter weather can lead to floods and storm activity while on the other hand the dryer/warmer
weather can cause warmer water which leads to cyclones. Another thing to be aware of is the rising
of the sea levels.
The rising of the sea levels are caused by two different things. It is caused by the rising temperature
of the ocean and the loss of land-based ice. Rising sea levels will have an affect what location we will
be able to live in. For an example if you live in Adelaide CBD it wont affect people as much as if you
lived Brighton or anywhere along the coast. As the sea level rises less land along the coast could
become flooded or part of the ocean. This will then reduce the amount of land available in Adelaide
for people to live. Rising sea levels will affect some of the biggest tourist attractions in Adelaide for
example Glenelg. Glenelg could possibly be under water as the sea rises.

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