Papua New Guinea – Coastal Floods Affect Thousands
The United Nations reports that flooding from unusually high tides has affected thousands of residents in coastal areas of Papua New Guinea. Initial estimates suggest at least 7,000 people have…
Marshall Islands
Protect Coastal, Island Communities Now as Seas Rise, Scientists Urge
LONDON, Sept 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Melting of the world’s glaciers and warming of its oceans are fuelling rising seas, fiercer storms, worsening water shortages and other risks that…
Pacific Islands – Thousands Affected by Floods After Heavy Rain and Storm Surge
Severe weather brought by storms and tropical cyclones Penny and Mona, has affected several Pacific islands over the last 2 weeks. At least 3 deaths have been reported with a…
Many Low-Lying Atoll Islands Could Be Uninhabitable by Mid-21st Century – USGS
Sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding will negatively impact freshwater resources on many low-lying atoll islands in such a way that many could be uninhabitable in just a few decades. According…
Climate Change and Flooding Threaten 4.2 Million People on Caribbean and Pacific Islands
BELIZE CITY, Belize – A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) estimates that 4.2 million people in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and in the…
Study: In Next Decades, Frequency of Coastal Flooding Will Double Globally
The frequency and severity of coastal flooding throughout the world will increase rapidly and eventually double in frequency over the coming decades even with only moderate amounts of sea level…
El Nino-Linked Cyclones to Increase in Pacific With Global Warming-Research
LONDON, Dec 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Small Pacific island states could be hit by more tropical cyclones during future El Nino weather patterns due to climate change, scientists said…
US Town Faces Watery End From Rising Sea Level
COP21: The United States, a strenuous doubter of the facts of climate change, will lose an entire town to rising sea level within the next century, reports Tim Radford for…
US Contributes $30 Million to Climate Risk Insurance for Small Island States
PARIS, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States will contribute $30 million to climate risk insurance schemes in the Pacific, Central America and Africa, President Barack Obama announced…
Marshall Islands King Tide Floods
The Marshall Islands sits in the open ocean located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, in the region of the Pacific known as Micronesia. The average height above sea level…
Sea Level Rise Is Biggest Threat to Small Islands
Climate change experts have predicted that rising sea levels affecting the world’s 52 small island states, will be as much as four times higher than the rest of the world.…
High Tide and Storm Surge Floods Marshall Islands
A storm surge combined with a an extreme high tide flooded parts of the Marshall Islands, including the capital Majuro, early on Monday 3 March 2014. Around 800 people had…
