Guided notes for PowerPoint presentation of the same name. Created by Kate Brill, Scenic Hudson, and presented at Teaching the Hudson Valley's 2015 summer institute.

1. Name:____________________________
Notes: Sea Level Rise on the Hudson River Estuary
1. The Hudson River is an estuary. An estuary is a body of water connected to
the ocean that:
1. ________________________________________________________
___
2. ________________________________________________________
___
2. Climate change in the Hudson Valley will mean
1. Increased temperatures
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
3. Because of _________________ we will see:
1. Inundation
2. Increased Flooding
4. ____________ _____________ events are additive with sea level rise.
5. Hudson River is over ______ higher than a century ago and the rate of sea
level riseis ___________________
6. Factors that make the sea level rise include:
1. ___________ and ___________ of ocean water
2. Melting of _______ ____________
3. Human altering of the water cycle (taking water out of ground
storage, building reservoirs)
4. Changes in ocean circulation
5. _______________ of land (land sinking down lower)
7. Sea levels are projected to riseup to ______ inches by 2100