As we all know that global warming cause a lot of temperature changes and a rise in the sea level. Singapore has acknowledge this problem on the news, Straits Times, to be one of the most serious problems that will to be face if nothing is to be done. According to the article, it estimates a rise in ocean water levels would vary widely from just a few centimetres to six meters or more in height due to the melting of ice caps and warming. This would therefore greatly affect Singapore as we are surrounded by the sea.A solution to this problem is to build dykes similar to the Dykes of Netherland. These dykes are like an artificial wall that prevents water from flooding low lying areas from the surrounding ocean/sea. But the dykes are not enough as rain would also cause flooding and a pump would be required to tap out this excess water in order for these areas to be flood free and useable. Singapore has gone to seek advice from Netherland pioneers as they have the expertise and experience of building such structures.
Reference
PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE – Singapore April 24, 2007, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,479061,00.html
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Thanks, Justin, for this interesting post. The language problems are numerous though. I'd like to discuss them in class. Look at the one in the sentence below as an example.
As we all know that global warming cause a lot of temperature changes and a rise in the sea level.
What's the problem?
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