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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

This is a pretty clear illustration of how sea level starts to rise slowly; but in the long run, sea-level rise caused by fossil-fuel burning and deforestation in our generation could literally go off the chart and inundate many coastal cities and wipe entire island nations off the map. But first things first. Observed Past Rise.

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Cleaning Up Trash in Vietnam

Ocean Conservancy

Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup ® (ICC) engages volunteers to clean up waterways around the world. The rich mangrove forest here is considered to be the city’s lungs and is in need of protection from issues like deforestation, coastal erosion and plastic pollution.

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IPCC: The planet is on red alert

A Greener Life

The report states that a warming climate does not just impact temperatures but other settled weather patterns in different regions such as changes to wetness and dryness, to winds, snow and ice, coastal areas and oceans. What’s to come. In some cities, the risks of heatwaves and serious flooding will increase.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

SIDS face a range of risks, including extreme floods, storms, droughts, unpredictability of precipitation patterns and sea-level rise, ocean acidification and deoxygenation (World Health Organization, 2018; Douglas & Cooper, 2020, Thomas, 2020). Small Islands, Large Oceans: Voices on the Frontlines of Climate Change.