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World's deltas subsiding, says study

Text World's deltas subsiding, says study

TLF ID M016723

This brief ABC News in Science article from 2009 describes how two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught between sinking land and rising seas, according to a new study. A very good example of an explanatory text dealing with examples of the impacts of human activity including mining and damming of rivers. Deals with the global effects of floods.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource addresses the Australian Curriculum literacy capability and the cross curriculum priority, Sustainability as well as Science Understanding relating to earth and space science.
Year level

7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Climate change Mining Silt
Learning area
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: ABC - Science News
  • Organization: ABC - Science News
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: ABC - Science News
  • Organization: ABC - Science News
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Text
Rights
  • © 2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation.