Today, I worked on more specific research based on the information I found yesterday. I found it interesting how dramatic of a difference scientists project there to be between a 1.5°C versus 2°C increase in global warming. It is predicted that with a 1.5 degree increase, the Arctic ocean would be ice-free in the summer once every hundred years, however, if there is a 2 degree increase, it would be ice-free in the summer every ten years. This leads to the albedo effect, where an ice-free area causes global warming to happen faster because the ocean is absorbing more heat from the sun than the ice would have.
I also did more research on human adaptations for sea level rise and different approaches for protecting ourselves from the rising sea levels. Below is an image which shows three of these different methods.
Camryn