Taiwan

Week13 Coastal Hazards This week I would like to discuss the Coastal Hazards in Taiwan. Taiwan's long coastline and low-lying coastal regions raise serious concerns about sea levels and coastal issues. Taiwan's coastal issues and rising sea levels are primarily caused by land subsidence, climate change, and extreme weather. I'll talk about a few of the specific issues, their root causes, and potential solutions. Sea Level Rise Melting glaciers and ice sheets, thermal expansion of the ocean, land subsidence, and extreme weather events are all contributing to the problem of sea level rise in Taiwan's coastal areas. To address this problem, Taiwan has come up with adaptive solutions such as building seawalls and coastal levees, moving communities along the coast, and encouraging the use of renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Coastal erosion Removal of vegetation and natural barriers, as well as the construction of seawalls and other structures, are the ma...

 Week10: Extreme Weather This week I would like to discuss the extreme weather conditions in Taiwan.  Taiwan is characterized by a temperate climate, with warm and pleasant winters, but very hot summers and happened thunderstorms from Typhoon, with an average summer temperature of about 90°F. On the other hand, the region is blessed with a relatively pleasant climate with an average minimum temperature of about 50°F in winter. The problem of extreme weather in Taiwan in recent years is not something to be taken lightly. Summer precipitation has become abnormal, and in winter, rainfall is so low that there is a possibility of drought conditions from rising average annual temperatures. The reason for the increase in summer precipitation is that global warming has increased the occurrence of typhoons, and the strong winds from the west that blow in summer cause typhoons and precipitation to increase. This may be an aside, but the fact is that in 2020, for the first time in 56 ye...