Researcher Corinne
(2008) warned that “the effects of climate change, including higher surface temperatures,
floods, droughts, severe storms and sea level rise, put Thailand’s rice crops at risk and
threaten to submerge Bangkok within 20 years. The damage to agriculture, coastal tourism, and the capital city as consequences of climate change will have enormous economic, cultural
and environmental impact.”
According to UNEP and ARENDAL GRID (2011), we are experiencing unprecedented
global warming over the past 100 years. Figure 3 clearly indicated that the global sea level
has risen by about 10 centimeters over the last century. Sea level rise scenarios for 2100 give
us a terrible future picture. Sea level rise due to the higher temperature might be the biggest
potential disaster, especially for southern Thailand surrounded by The Gulf of Thailand and
Andaman Sea.
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