Why might Doncaster be a Coastal Resort by 2030?
1. The River Don flows through
Doncaster to the River Humber.
14. Sea levels are expected to rise
30cm in the next 30 years.
2. Doncaster Council are installing air 15. Loggers in the rain forest see
conditioning in all their offices.
profits soaring.
3. Doncaster is approximately 42
miles from England’s East coast.
16. ARK predict sea levels could rise
7.5 metres by 2030 sinking Grimsby
and Skegness under water.
4. Mrs. Lane walked to school when
she was a child.
17. Green house gases absorb the
sun’s heat. As a result the Earth’s
temperature increases.
5. Rapid melting of the Antarctic ice
sheet has been discovered by the
British Antarctic Survey. Giant
icebergs are breaking away.
18. The Department of Trade and
Industry have released figures
showing that car traffic releases 37
million tonnes of carbon dioxide each
year.
6. Burning fuels releases carbon
dioxide.
19. Ice creams cost £1 on the coast.
7. Swarms of insects destroy Farmer
John Giles’ crops
20. James and Sam Lane are pleased
with their new DVD player, even if it
means using more electricity.
8. Mrs. Lane has just bought a new
mahogany table.
21. Deforestation contributes up to
20% of all human global carbon
dioxide emissions.
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9. Carbon dioxide is one of the
greenhouse gases.
22. Kyoto Protocol 1997 demands
pollution reductions worldwide.
10. In the past, large areas around
Doncaster were marshland. It was
drained to create farmland.
23. Mrs. Smith explains to her
science class that trees and other
plants take in Carbon Dioxide and
give out Oxygen.
11. Doncaster is a low-lying and
fairly flat town.
24. Mrs. Smith drives the children to
school in her new 2.8L 4x4.
12. Since 1930 the average world
temperature has increased by 0.2°
25. Total emissions of carbon in the
UK amounts to 155 million tonnes
each year.
13. Doncaster is just off the M18
motorway.
26. Most electricity in the UK is
generated in power stations using
fossil fuels.
28. Farmer Giles has removed 2
miles of hedgerow and three small
copses on his land.
27. The Lanes have just bought a
new fridge and were annoyed to find
they would have to pay to dispose of
the old one.
29. Warmer water expands and
takes up more space.
30. It is predicted that global
warming will make the UK wetter.
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