Sea level rise

So the vary basic thing that I can say is that the sea level is riseing slowly but Shurly. Some reasons that the sea level is rising is because of the heat from the industral revolution which is melting land based ice and heat will make the water expaned. Also the less gravity the higher the water. The way scientists are able to measure the rise and drop of water Levels is because of satilite altimetry it measures how long a radio wave hits the water (satiltie to ocean back to satiltie). So they recorde the height of the ocean and see if there is sea level rise, decrease, or the same. See a graph here .

This waters are on the rise at times

The CO2 has made the oceans rise because of this

Ocean Acidification

So basically the ocean is becoming  more acidic due to the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere and ocean. The increase of CO2 is due to the burning of fossil fuels and other things that us humans do. The chemistry of the ocean has changed due to the CO2 in the water which is making the ocean more acidic and marine shell creatures are becoming smaller because they canot grow there shells. The the ocean is more acidic like a battery but it should be like distilled water and a base is bleach.

Battery's an example of an acid

Milk a base ( opposite of an acid)

Human footprint,carbon and sustainability

First of here are some low impact places ( from left to wright on map below)1) kepreanof, alaska, population around 27 people. People moved out to more populated areas and this mostly fishermen Barley and cars. 2) King William Island, population 1,279(as of 2011). So this place is just an island with a few towns and some other stuff with little cars. 3) Town of Leaf Rapids, Canada population in 2006 was 539. The town was developed as an experimental model; a model that other northern communities could replicate as they strove for modern convenience and luxury in a northern environment. 4) nuuk greenland, population 15,666 it was built to be a tourist stop and information center. So not much impact on the earth. 5) Grindavik, Iceland, population 2,888. This town was founded by Vikings and the U.S. Navy has radio antennas out there but that is really all that is out there.

Now here are some high impact places ( from left to wright on map below) 1) Seattle, Washington this city has huge ports and docs with a population of 652,405 as of 2013. Also has sports teams that cause traffic. 2) Houston, Texas population in 2013 was 2,195,914. Has a sports team and a lot of cars to make an urban area. 3) Detroit Michigan, home to Detroit Tigers (baseball team) population in 2010 was 713,777. Has a lot of cars and some factorys. 4) Jacksonville, Florida in 2010 had a population of 1,345,596. Has a lot of cars for a metropolises area and has the biggest population in Florida. 5) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home of many sports teams in 2010 had a population of 1,526,006 people over 1.5 million people Philadelphia also has many historical places that people go to see and that means a lot of hotels, rental car places and an air port.

View my map here.

Los Angeles a high impact city

A part of Alaska that is low impact

carbon + me

The carbon cycle is the process of how we reuse carbon in the earths ecosystem. There are many ways that carbon enters the carbon cycle here are a few, respiration and diffusion. Respiration is when animals release CO2 though breathing out. Diffusion is when CO2 enters through land, oceans, and atmosphere. Carbon is good because it keeps the green house gas here which is like a blanket over our earth (heat is still here). We also get fossil fuels from carbon  after a long time of carbon being I the ground. One bad thing about carbon is that the earth is getting warmer because of the greenhouse gas effect. Things that will convert to fossil fuels include plats and animals if left in the ground with little oxygen for a long time. my own carbon I avoiding 491 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per year but the average American.
This is equivalent to the emissions from driving a car 524 miles.
(Link to graph)https://infogr.am/global_fossil_carbon_emission2

the greenhouse gas effect (carbon is one greenhouse gas)

carbon is in the air because of industry (burning fossil fuels in factorys)