PART (1) :
GLOBAL WARMING ----->POLAR ICE MELTING-----> COASTAL EROSIONS :
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Quran 13: 41
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http://www.geckil.com/~harvest/quran/tr ... 13-041.htm
" See they not that We gradually reduce the land from its outlying borders "
P.S.
"OUTLYING BORDERS " can apply to both:
* arctic areas = outlying portion of the globe where ice melting occurs.
AND ..
* shorelines all over the world= outlying portions of every continent.
A GRIM FORECAST:
As greenhouse gases build-up in our atmosphere , one of the most likely impacts of climate change is rising sea levels .
Sea levels will rise because warm water expands and glaciers and ice sheets melt thus adding water to the ocean.
An EPA study suggests a 50% chance by 2100 of a 19-inch sea level rise in Portland ,Maine . The same study suggests that 1,000 square miles along the coastal US Northeast are at risk from a 20-inch rise in sea level ..as a result about 22,000 acres of coastal land on the shoreline of Delaware would be lost ..
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/educa ... -edu-6.htm
A PAINFUL PAST:
Residents of the islands of the Chesapeake Bay discovered the hopelessness of fighting rising seas when their lands were overcome by salinization, erosion and SUBMERGENCE , and they retreated to the mainland . The largest island , Smith , which had more than 11,000 acres in 1849 was DOWN to 7,800 in 1987 ..its population has dropped to 400 today ..
http://www.climate.org/pubs/climate_ale ... hing.shtml