Sea Levels and Climate Change

author:David T. Pugh, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - UNESCO
published: May 31, 2007, recorded: May 2007, views: 665

Slides

Slides
0:00	Sea levels: The global scene
4:09	Tidal bore in UK
4:42	Global sea levels: Past, present and future
6:01	The implications of changing sea levels in the coastal area
6:56	Long-term guage measurements (UK)
8:28	The breakdown of civil structure
9:31	Sea-level rise impacts
10:19	Past sea levels change
11:26	Sea level fluctuation over the last glacial cycle
12:49	Past technology for collecting evidence of changing sea levels
14:37	Modern technology for collecting evidence of changing sea levels
16:35	The distribution of available sea-level data
17:13	Nine tide gauge sites
18:32	Mean sea level trend
19:12	Beware short-term trends
20:50	Annual sea level data in Koper and Trieste
22:11	Sattelites produce sea level data
23:18	Altimetry Sea Level
24:25	Interannual variability from altimeter data
25:30	Reasons for the global increase in sea level over the past 100 years
27:34	Sensitivity of sea levels to changes in the atmosphere
28:45	Meteorological effects in India
30:25	Corelation between changes of sea level and global meteorological effects
31:31	The effect of possible changes in tide (Canada)
32:51	Changes in tidal constituents (UK)
36:05	Tidal bore in China
37:03	Tsunami influence on sea level
41:20	GPS station (Falkland Islands)
42:14	Projected Coastal Megacities
43:12	Observation of sea level rise
44:10	Forecast of sea level rise for the next 100 years
46:53	Summary
48:33	Using the sea
50:13	National contributions of marine activities to GDP
51:25	Managing the sea - naval activities
52:37	Managing the sea - cruising
55:14	Managing the sea - UK cruise revenues
55:30	Worldwide fishing
56:41	Managing the sea - census of marine life
58:10	Marine life - new species
58:46	Managing the sea
58:52	UN convention on climate change pt 1
59:15	UN convention on climate change pt 2
59:38	UN convention on climate change pt 3
60:19	UN convention on climate change pt 4

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