Sinking Islands
Solutions/Preventive Measures
incorporate mangroves and sea grasses into the design of dikes
Implications
Other Sustainable Sources of Water
Will Singapore be affected?
Examples of Sinking Islands or Cities
Mythical Sunken Cities
Mu
Atlantis
Islands
Maldives
Iran
Shanghai
Venice
Mexico
US
Arizona
Possible Causes
Natural
Plate Tectonics
Subduction of land
Earthquakes
Evidence of Plate Movements:Hawaiian Islands
Resources:
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ozsvath/Assignments/PlateTectonics.htm
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.hawaii/
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2003/929822.htm
http://www.gns.cri.nz/research/tectonics/plate.html
Manmade
Buildings are too Heavy
Erosion of Underground Materials
Removal of Groundwater
Land subsidence
Evidence: Iran
Evidence:Arizona
Global Warming
Rising Sea Level
Melting of Ice caps
Expansion of Water
