Hypothesise

  What causes sea levels to rise? Mary: I think sea levels are rising because of ice caps are melting because of global warming and the melted water is going into the ocean which adds more water to the ocean and makes it rise.  Charlie: I think that sea levels rises because icebergs, Antarctica and Greenland are melting in the sea and it makes the water go up. 

 Are sea levels constantly rising or is there a trend of rising and falling? 

Mary: I think there are trends of rising and falling sea levels throughout history but there hasn't been sea levels as high as it is now.  Charlie: I think that sea levels are constantly rising because Antarctica and Greenland are melting in the sea, making the water go upand ice caps are also melting, making it go even higher. 

What will sea levels be like in 20 years? <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(87,0,128);">Mary: I think sea levels will be way higher than it is now, maybe by about 30cm, and some cities near the sea will be flooded. <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,255,0);">Charlie: I think they will be very high and most sea-surrounded countries will be floodedand cities near water edge will be flooded too. <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 158.4%;"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(87,0,128); font-size: 144%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(87,0,128); font-size: 120%;"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 144%;">Can people do something to stop sea levels from rising? And if so, what? <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(87,0,128); font-size: 120%;"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(87,0,128);">Mary: I think people can reduce sea levels rising by reducing our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions so the world will not be as warm as it is now so the greenhouse effect would not be that severe so ice bergs won't melt that much, which reduces the amount of water flowing into the sea. <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,255,0);">Charlie: I think the only thing we can do is to try not using too much electricity and energy or producing Carbon Dioxide. We must change our ways to live, or we'll live with the fishes.

<span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 144%;">If sea levels continue to rise at its highest rate, can the continents be flooded? If so, when? <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(87,0,128); font-size: 120%;"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(87,0,128);">Mary: I think the continents might be flooded if sea levels continue to rise at its highest rate, but I don't think the sea will actually rise at its highest rate all the time and that its highest rate will only occur once every few years or so, so the continents will not be flooded, because people will continue to build new cities on top of their old ones and volcanoes will errupt, creating new land, (which is what happened in New Zealand) so humans will out-build sea levels rising. <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,255,0);">Charlie: I don't think that the continents can be flooded. I think only the sea-surrounded countries and countries near oceans will suffer, but the borders of some high territory countries will be flooded.

<span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Are people doing anything to stop or reduce sea levels rising? <span style="text-align: center; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(87,0,128); font-size: 120%;"><span style="text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> Mary: I think some people are, but most out of the people that are doing something to help are only doing a little bit. Most people that aren't doing anything just either don't care and think we wont be flooded so why bother, or don't know about it.