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...Open University Burdett, M. (2018) ‘Societal impacts of climate change: Sea level rise’ https://geographycasestudysite.wordpress.com/societal-impacts-of-climate-change-sea-level-rise/ Accessed 10th January 2020 Climate Central https://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-global-vulnerability-to-sea-level-rise-worse-than-previously-understood Accessed 31st...

...source of pollution was Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon. The city’s two million inhabitants and 500,000 vehicles add to the pollution released by thermoelectric plants to produce a plume that moves into surrounding areas through wind patterns. The researchers used a ground station to measure the concentration of aerosols in the atmosphere and the air’s vertical...

...source comes a warning not only that temperatures may soon start a marked rise, but that sea level may also accelerate far faster than most scientists think likely. “It is not difficult to imagine that conflicts arising from forced migrations and economic collapse might make the planet ungovernable” The prospect it holds out is at odds with most mainstream climate...