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"text": "## Earth’s Heat Pumps \r\n\r\nThe equator receives much more energy from the Sun than the polar regions. This energy is redistributed around the world by the circulation of the oceans (currents) and the atmosphere (winds). \r\n\r\nOcean currents are driven by the rotation of the Earth, surface winds and differences in water density due to salinity and temperature variation. The circulation is generally clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere.\r\n\r\nWarm currents such as the Gulf Stream bring heat from the equator and the tropics to higher latitudes. This poleward transport of heat is responsible for the mild climate of western Europe.\r\n\r\nThe interactive globe shows the Gulf Stream carrying warm water up the east coast of North America and across the Atlantic. In the Pacific, the Kuroshio Current warms the eastern shore of Japan, while a cold equatorial current can usually be seen extending westwards from South America. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n### _Download Sample Data_\r\n_Students following the classroom exercises can download climate data for the locations shown on the globe:_\r\n- [_SST timeseries for North Sea 2010_](assets/sst-ts-2010-32303-56.0696.csv)",
"text": "## Earth’s Heat Pumps \r\n\r\nThe equator receives much more energy from the Sun than the polar regions. This energy is redistributed around the world by the circulation of the oceans (currents) and the atmosphere (winds). \r\n\r\nOcean currents are driven by the rotation of the Earth, surface winds and differences in water density due to salinity and temperature variation. The circulation is generally clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere.\r\n\r\nWarm currents such as the Gulf Stream bring heat from the equator and the tropics to higher latitudes. This poleward transport of heat is responsible for the mild climate of western Europe.\r\n\r\nThe interactive globe shows the Gulf Stream carrying warm water up the east coast of North America and across the Atlantic. In the Pacific, the Kuroshio Current warms the eastern shore of Japan, while a cold equatorial current can usually be seen extending westwards from South America.",
"shortText": "## Earth’s Heat Pumps \r\n\r\nOcean currents are driven by:\r\n\r\n- the rotation of the Earth\r\n- surface winds\r\n- differences in water density due to salinity and temperature variation \r\n\r\nWarm currents bring heat from the Equator to higher latitudes. \r\n\r\nThe Gulf Stream is responsible for the mild climate of western Europe.\r\n\r\nThe data viewer shows:\r\n\r\n- the warm Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic\r\n- the warm Kuroshio Current in the Pacific\r\n- a cold Equatorial current extending westwards from South America. \r\n- clockwise circulation in the northern hemisphere\r\n- anti-clockwise circulation in the south",
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"timestamp": "2020-08-03T22:13:30.807Z"
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"text": "## Living With the Sea \r\n\r\nThe island nation of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean is past the point of no return. No matter what happens to greenhouse gas emissions in the future, it is expected to be, within a few decades, the first country to become uninhabitable due to climate change.\r\n\r\nThe islands of Kiribati are small and low-lying, mostly scattered across 32 coral atolls, where they surround saltwater lagoons rich in marine life. Polynesian people have inhabited the islands for thousands of years, living in close harmony with nature and the ocean around them. Life revolves around the rise and fall of the tides, which dictate the timing of fishing and the availability of transport. But now the rising ocean is their biggest threat.\r\n\r\nThe islands’ 115,000 people eat mainly seafood, coconut, breadfruit and taro roots. Drinking water is drawn from freshwater aquifers below the atolls. The islands are only a few tens to hundreds of metres wide and typically rise no higher than two metres above sea level. This makes Kiribati one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, especially sea level rise.",
"shortText": "# Living With the Sea \r\n\r\nKiribati is past the point of no return. Within a few decades, it is expected to be the first country to become uninhabitable due to climate change.\r\n\r\n- island nation in Pacific Ocean\r\n- inhabited for thousands of years\r\n- 115,000 people on 32 coral atolls\r\n- mostly less than 2 metres above sea level\r\n- tens to hundreds of metres wide\r\n\r\nLife revolves around the rise and fall of the tides, but now the rising ocean is the biggest threat.\r\n\r\nKiribati is one of the places most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, especially sea level rise.",
"text": "## Living With the Sea \r\n\r\nThe island nation of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean is past the point of no return. No matter what happens to greenhouse gas emissions in the future, it is expected to be, within a few decades, the first country to become uninhabitable due to climate change.\r\n\r\nThe islands of Kiribati are small and low-lying, mostly scattered across 32 coral atolls, where they surround saltwater lagoons rich in marine life. Polynesian people have inhabited the islands for thousands of years, living in close harmony with nature and the ocean around them. Life for the 115,000 islanders revolves around the rise and fall of the tides, which dictate the timing of fishing and the availability of transport. But now the rising ocean is their biggest threat.\r\n\r\nThe islands are only a few tens to hundreds of metres wide and typically rise no higher than two metres above sea level. This makes Kiribati one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, especially sea level rise. But tropical islands are not the only places at risk.\r\n\r\n## Global Problem\r\n680 million people live in low-lying coastal zones, a number that is rising with an increasingly urban population and expected to reach one billion by 2050. Every centimetre of sea level rise puts 3 million more people at risk of annual coastal flooding. \r\n\r\nSea level rise is amplified by high tides and storm surges. Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of storms, so the risk of flooding events such as those that devastated New Orleans in 2005 and hit New York in 2012 is growing. In some regions extreme sea level events previously seen only once a century are likely to occur every year by 2050.",
"shortText": "# Living With the Sea \r\n\r\nKiribati is past the point of no returnexpected to be the first country to become uninhabitable due to climate change.\r\n\r\n- island nation in Pacific Ocean\r\n- 115,000 people on 32 coral atolls\r\n- mostly less than 2 metres above sea level\r\n- extremely vulnerable to sea level rise\r\n\r\nBut tropical islands are not the only places at risk:\r\n\r\n- 680 million people live in low-lying coastal zones; 1 billion by 2050\r\n- every cm of sea level rise puts 3 million more people at risk \r\n- sea level rise amplified by high tides and storm surges\r\n- climate change increasing intensity and frequency of storms\r\n- increased risk of floods like New Orleans, 2005, and New York, 2012\r\n\r\nIn some places, extreme ‘once-a-century’ events are likely to occur every year by 2050.",
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"Marakei Island, Kiribati (Diederik Veerman/Museon The Hague)",
"A seawall made of sandbags protects a village on Marakei Island from the Pacific Ocean (Diederik Veerman/Museon The Hague)",
"South Tarawa Island from the air (Govt of Kiribati)",
"Tarawa Atoll is about 35 km long and home to more than half of Kiribati’s 115,000 citizens (Copernicus Sentinel data, 2020, processed by ESA)",
"A map of regional sea level trends, derived from more than 20 years of satellite observations, shows where mean sea level is rising the most (red), dropping (blue), or remains unchanged (grey) (ESA-CCI)"
"Blackout in New York after Hurricane Sandy, October 2012. The storm coincided with a “spring” high tide, resulting in a storm surge almost five metres above mean low water. Road tunnels, subways and electrical substations were flooded in lower Manhattan, and almost 2 million people were left without power across New York and New Jersey. (Iwan Baan/Getty Images)"
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"text": "## Climate Refugees\r\n\r\nIn 2014, Kiribati’s president, Anote Tong, drew international attention to the critical situation of his and other low-lying island nations and the inevitability of climate migration. His motto was to “migrate with dignity\" rather than flee as refugees. To be prepared, he purchased 20 sq km of land 2,000 km away on Fiji and urged his people to get ready for relocation. For Kiribati, climate change presents the likelihood of a whole nation being scattered around the globe and an ancient culture disappearing. \r\n\r\nAnd this is not only a distant problem. In the UK, the Welsh town of Fairbourne is to be abandoned because it cannot be defended from the expected rise in sea level. In the USA, an area of land the size of a football field is being lost from the Mississippi delta every hour. Land subsidence is amplifying the effects of sea level rise, causing maps to be redrawn and the first American refugees from the climate crisis, with the resettlement of the community living on the Isle de Jean Charles announced in 2016. \r\n\r\nSixty-five per cent of the world’s major cities are located within 100 km of the coast. 680 million people live in low-lying coastal zones, a number that is rising with an increasingly urban population and expected to reach one billion by 2050. Although an annual increase in sea level of 3.6 mm may seem small, it is amplified during high tides and storm surges. Every centimetre of sea level rise puts 6 million more people at risk of coastal flooding.\r\n\r\nSince climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of storms, the risk of flooding events such as those that hit New Orleans in 2005 and New York in 2012 is growing. In some regions extreme sea level events previously seen only once a century are likely to occur every year by 2050.",
"shortText": "# Climate Refugees \r\n\r\n“Migrate with dignity\" rather than flee as refugees – _Anote Tong, President of Kiribati, 2014_\r\n\r\n- land purchased 2,000 km away on Fiji \r\n- population urged to prepare for relocation\r\n\r\nNot just a distant problem: \r\n\r\n- Fairbourne, Wales, UK, to be abandoned\r\n- also Isle de Jean Charles, Mississippi Delta, USA \r\n- New Orleans flooded in 2005, New York in 2012 \r\n- 65% of major cities are within 100 km of coast\r\n- 680 million people in coastal areas, 1 billion by 2050 \r\n- every cm of sea level rise puts 6 million more people at risk of flooding\r\n\r\nIn some places, extreme ‘once-a-century’ events are likely to occur every year by 2050.",
"text": "## Climate Refugees\r\n\r\nIn 2014, Kiribati’s president, Anote Tong, drew international attention to the critical situation of his and other low-lying island nations and the inevitability of climate migration. His motto was to “migrate with dignity\" rather than flee as refugees. To be prepared, he purchased 20 sq km of land 2,000 km away on Fiji and urged his people to get ready for relocation. For Kiribati, climate change presents the likelihood of a whole nation being scattered around the globe and an ancient culture disappearing. \r\n\r\nAnd this is not only a distant problem. In the UK, the Welsh town of Fairbourne is to be abandoned because it cannot be defended from the expected rise in sea level. In the USA, an area of land the size of a football field is being lost from the Mississippi delta every hour. Land subsidence is amplifying the effects of sea level rise, causing maps to be redrawn and the first American refugees from the climate crisis, with the resettlement of the community living on the Isle de Jean Charles announced in 2016. \r\n\r\nSixty-five per cent of the world’s major cities are located within 100 km of the coast. For coastal communities worldwide the potential impacts of sea level rise include increased frequency of flooding, the salinisation of surface and ground waters, and landscape changes such as erosion and loss of wetlands.\r\n\r\nAlthough an annual increase in sea level of 3.6 mm may seem small, it is amplified during high tides and storm surges. Flooding from Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge destroyed 20,000 homes and drowned 47 people in New York state in 2012. It was the deadliest storm to hit the United States since 2005, when Hurricane Katrina flooded 80% of New Orleans, drowning more than 700.",
"shortText": "# Climate Refugees \r\n\r\n“Migrate with dignity\" rather than flee as refugees – _Anote Tong, President of Kiribati, 2014_\r\n\r\n- land purchased 2,000 km away on Fiji \r\n- population urged to prepare for relocation\r\n\r\nNot just a distant problem: \r\n\r\n- Fairbourne, Wales, UK, to be abandoned\r\n- also Isle de Jean Charles, Mississippi Delta, USA \r\n- 65% of major cities are within 100 km of coast\r\n- New York, 2012: Hurricane Sandy floods 20,000 homes, 47 drowned\r\n- New Orleans, 2005: Hurricane Katrina floods 80% of city, 700 drowned",
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"High tide on Marakei Island, Kiribati (Diederik Veerman/Museon The Hague)",
"The Mississippi Delta is losing land the size of a football field every hour to the sea. Proba-V satellite image from 10 February 2015. \r\n(ESA-BELSPO, produced by VITO)",
"Blackout in New York after Hurricane Sandy, October 2012. The storm coincided with a “spring” high tide, resulting in a storm surge almost five metres above mean low water. Road tunnels, subways and electrical substations were flooded in lower Manhattan, and almost 2 million people were left without power across New York and New Jersey. (Iwan Baan/Getty Images)",
"Flood defences such as the long Afsluitdijk protect low-lying land on the Dutch coast from the North Sea. Beyond the dyke, this SPOT-4 satellite image shows the ever-moving sandbanks of the shallow Wadden Sea. A World Heritage Site since 2009, this unique region, one of the largest wetlands in the world, is threatened by sea level rise. (CNES/Spot Image)",
"Since the early 1990s, satellite altimeters have revolutionised our understanding of sea-level rise. Global mean sea level has not only risen over the last 25 years – by about 3 cm per decade – but the rate at which it is rising is accelerating. ESA’s ERS and Envisat satellites carried radar altimeters, as do CryoSat and Sentinel-3. Sentinel-6 provides continuity with the US-French Jason and Topex-Poseidon satellites. (ESA)"
"Since the early 1990s, satellite altimeters have revolutionised our understanding of sea-level rise. Global mean sea level has not only risen over the last 25 years – by about 3 cm per decade – but the rate at which it is rising is accelerating. ESA’s ERS and Envisat satellites carried radar altimeters, as do CryoSat and Sentinel-3. Sentinel-6 provides continuity with the US-French Jason and Topex-Poseidon satellites. (ESA)",
"A map of regional sea level trends, derived from more than 20 years of satellite observations, shows where mean sea level is rising the most (red), dropping (blue), or remains unchanged (grey) (ESA-CCI)"
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