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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

2] These two phenomena, most commonly linked to anthropogenic warming and human-induced climate change are causing mass problems for the Pacific Islands, most notably in regards to erosion and loss of land. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Source: NASA (August 2018). should be. [4] 3] Gombos, M.,

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is the most important greenhouse gas that we have added to the atmosphere, however, some of it has been absorbed by land and oceans. The global mean sea level has increased by 20 cm from 1901 to 2018, and the rate of increase has accelerated and is now about 3.7 mm increase every year.