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 conditioning in all their offices. / 15. Loggers in the rain forest see 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.
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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