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Global warming: What will it mean for the Eikaiwa industry?

What you need to know about the coming crisis

KYOTO, Japan (GTA) -- Not since the last ice ended, has the Earth undergone such a rapid change as it has the past century. While scientists debate the exact degree of change, almost all in the science community agree that the Earth is getting warmer and the ocean levels are rising.

A UN group of 3,000 scientists predict that the average sea levels will rise from 10 to 88 centimeters during this century due to the massive amounts of greenhouse gases already emitted into the atmosphere.

Such an increase could cause a massive loss of coastline in low-lying areas, swamp entire regions, erase islands from the map, and cause an increased number of extreme, catastrophic hurricanes. All of these events would then lead to unprecedented number of refugees from places like Bangladesh or various islands such as the Maldives.

Meanwhile, although the atmosphere has gotten warmer, the ocean temperatures have not yet caught up. This means the ocean temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come in a process scientists call Gaba Work in JapanAtmospheric temperatures are rising.
"thermal inertia."

But what does increased global warming mean for the Eikaiwa industry?

"We have to prepare for the fact that ninety-percent of Eikaiwa schools exist near a coastline," Dr. Vijay Banadu, who led a study focusing on the future of English schools in Japan. "Our study found that just an eighty to ninety centimeter rise in ocean levels could take out 60-70 percent of the English school industry in Tokyo by the year 2090."

Despite that doomsday scenario, English teachers shouldn't hit their panic button just yet.

Thousands of English schools near the Bay of Tokyo may be at risk.

"Most likely, Eikaiwa schools in Japan will be forced to migrate inward to higher land. However, new original forms of Eikaiwa product delivery that we could see include teaching on hot-air balloons or some form of hydroplane-like watercraft."

There is also the question of how teachers will continue to provide quality lessons, while continuing to wear the required black suit in temperatures that rocket up to 45-50 degrees centigrade.

"Currently, members of the United States and British expeditionary forces in Iraq are testing water-based cooling systems built-in to their combat suits. As we begin to experience higher temperatures in Japan, we'll need to implement this sort of technology into teachers' black suits," Banadu said.

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