Hi all
Due to important
river defences work on the River Adur to avoid future flooding of the town, this year’s Adur World
Oceans day did not take place on Coronation Green. This would have been the 18th
year this popular event has taken place at Shoreham. World Oceans Day 8th June, is a global opportunity to raise awareness
of the challenges faced by the international community in connection with the
oceans. Around the word, a week of events to celebrate the ocean have been taking place.
To help mark World Oceans Day we sent an article to our local paper raising awareness of Ed the Bears global travels as well as the local consequences to sea level rise.
In fact, the
consequences of rising sea levels is the main reason the Adur World Ocean Day
event did not take place this year. We often think of melting ice caps as being
the only cause of sea level side, but actually half of sea level rise so far
has been due to the oceans getting warmer – as water warms it expands and when
this happens on an ocean wide scale that’s a lot of extra water”.
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