Imagine spending your summers on a familiar beach; a place you grow to like and begin to build memories with. You might make new friends there, spend hours relaxing or reading, and at some point buy a house very close to that beach because you feel at home there. Then a flood. Your beach no longer exists, your memories have been washed away and your home has disappeared forever.
Shores will be covered and new shores will appear. Many homes will be lost, some islands, even countries, will disappear. Our geography will change as we know it and earth will even look different. A lot of our civilization will be lost. But those are only the physical changes. Chemical changes will also occur such as changing sea water salinity which in turn will affect all aquatic life. Some organisms will die, others will thrive and the natural balance will be compromised.
An important question would be: How can we save our earth before it is too late? Is the damage too extensive or can we still reverse it? And most important, what if it is too late, what can we do to prepare for this 'change'? Human are very adaptive, so can we adapt to this one?
A lot of these questions must be answered if we are to survive.
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