“Ecologists in Action” which is an environmental organisation currently on a tour inform people throughout the country about the ill effects of climate change, shall take their message to Cala Millor and Sant Llorenç in Mallorca this weekend.
In collaboration with a similar organization in Balearics, the “GOB,” they staged a presentation to the press yesterday before the campaign started intending to make the politicians and the public feel a sense of responsibility and act towards confronting the threat to our environment from the changing climate. The Coastal department has issued a warning that if the exploitation of the coastline continues, unchecked, at the present rate, then it will create problems for the ecosystem which is already under pressure due to changing climate. “Ecologists in Action” had explained that by 2050,the wind pattern changes and the temperature changes will have lead to a change in sea wave movement all around the Balearics, and in particular at Ibiza and the southern and eastern parts of Majorca and this might cause nearly 50 metres of the beach to be submerged. Besides the erosion of natural coastline, the effet on the tourisim industry of Balearics can be disastrous.
The organizer of “Ecologists in Action”, Pablo Cotarelo, informed that there are other factors which are exacerbating the threat. High temperatures in the sea and the pressure due to increasing human population on the coastline had resulted in acidification of coastal waters. The sea flora and fauna are being subjected to erosion at 3% every year.
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