"Nestled in #Malolos, #Bulacan, Barangay Pamarawan is a 264-hectare island barangay situated approximately 26 kilometers north of #Manila.

Part of the vibrant fishing communities along #ManilaBay, it is among the coastal areas in the #Philippines that face the threat of gradual submersion amid #SeaLevelRise due to #ClimateChange." #RisingSeas

In troubled waters: Rising sea levels threaten sinking town's survival
https://www.rappler.com/environment/in-troubled-waters-rising-sea-levels-threaten-sinking-town-survival/

"Another challenge is whether a population could maintain its legal rights and cultural cohesion as a permanent diaspora. Galvão Teles noted that international law does not have a special legal category for #ClimateRefugees or people affected by #SeaLevelRise, so it is necessary to rely on existing agreements on #HumanRights and #refugees." #RisingSeas #ClimateChange

‘We could lose our status as a state’:what happens to a people when their land disappears #PacificIslands
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/27/we-could-lose-our-status-as-a-state-what-happens-to-a-people-when-their-land-disappears

"Yet although Deng knew that the sea could bring wealth to #CoastalCities, he and his successors appear not to have planned for the fact that #RisingSeaLevels could bring serious problems. This represents a greater threat to #China than to most countries. By 2100 43m-57m Chinese people could find themselves living below the high-tide line, with an additional 60m threatened by annual coastal floods" #RisingSeas

China is acutely vulnerable to rising sea levels
https://www.economist.com/china/2023/06/05/china-is-acutely-vulnerable-to-rising-sea-levels

"New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed to the metropolis from the rising seas, new research has found.

The Big Apple may be the city that never sleeps but it is a city that certainly sinks, subsiding by approximately 1-2mm each year on average, with some areas of New York City plunging at double this rate, according to researchers." #NewYork #NY #subsidence #RisingSeas #ClimateChange #floods #BigApple #cities

New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds | New York | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/new-york-city-sinking-skyscrapers-climate-crisis

"Due to excessive #groundwater extraction, the Indonesian capital Jakarta and its 11 million inhabitants are sinking below sea level at a worrying pace. This phenomenon has prompted the Indonesian government to take a radical decision: to move the capital more than 1,500 kilometres away and create a new city from scratch on the island of Borneo"

#Indonesia prepares to move sinking capital #Jakarta to island of #Borneo | #RisingSeas | FRANCE 24 English
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0aLW5nqu7U&pp=ygUYRnJhbmNlMjQgSmFrYXJ0YSBzaW5raW5n

#Nuclear vs. #ClimateChange: #RisingSeas

Rising global temperatures are already posing serious risks to nuclear plants. Regulators cannot wait until sea level rise and storm surges begin impacting operational safety. They must act now.

by Christina Chen, September 16, 2019

"Climate action isn’t simply about reducing emissions—it’s also about addressing local environmental concerns and minimizing risks to human health and safety. With that in mind, if nuclear power is going to have a role in addressing climate change, stronger safety and environmental regulations will be needed.

"Unfortunately, this approach is missing from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which in January voted in a 3-to-2 decision to water down recommendations from its own staff to reevaluate seismic and flooding hazards at nuclear sites. "This decision is nonsensical," Commissioner Jeff Baran wrote in his dissent, 'Instead of requiring nuclear power plants to be prepared for the actual flooding and earthquake hazards that could occur at their sites, NRC will allow them to be prepared only for the old, outdated hazards typically calculated decades ago when the science of seismology and hydrology was far less advanced than it is today.'"

#NoNukes #NoNewNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Earthquakes #SeaLevelRise

Read more:
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/christina-chen/nuclear-vs-climate-change-rising-seas

Scientists have found that ice sheets can collapse into the #Ocean in spurts of up to 600 metres (2,000 feet) a day, far faster than recorded before. This is a "warning from the past" for today's #ClimateCrisis, as some ice sheets in #Antarctica, including the "Doomsday" #ThwaitesGlacier, could suffer periods of rapid collapse in the near future.

#IceSheets can collapse at 600 metres a day, far faster than feared, study finds | #Ice #RisingSeas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/05/ice-sheets-collapse-far-faster-than-feared-study-climate-crisis

Rising seas nearby us
Disrupting essential needs
Property displaced

#risingseas #climatechange #coastalareas #haiku #poetry

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/rising-seas-will-cut-off-many-properties-before-theyre-flooded/

The #ClimateCrisis is causing sea levels to rise faster than for 3,000 years, bringing a “torrent of trouble” to almost a billion people, from #London to #LosAngeles and #Bangkok to #BuenosAires, António Guterres said on Tuesday. Some nations could cease to exist, drowned under the waves, he said

#RisingSeas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns | #SeaLevels | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/rising-seas-threaten-mass-exodus-on-a-biblical-scale-un-chief-warns

Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/rising-seas-threaten-mass-exodus-on-a-biblical-scale-un-chief-warns "The climate crisis is causing sea levels to rise faster than for 3,000 years, bringing a “torrent of trouble” to almost a billion people" #RisingSeas #ClimateCrisis

As more cities face existential floods, they'll have to hustle to build defenses before waters rush in.

But the mere threat of future flooding can destroy them financially before they ever get the chance to build infrastructure.

One community’s race against the clock: https://crosscut.com/news/2023/01/battered-destructive-floods-grays-harbor-bets-182m-levee

#climatechange #climateaction #infrastructure #levee #risingseas #flooding #naturaldisasters #hazardmitigation #adaptation #washington #graysharbor

"Their findings, which are published in JGR Oceans, show that the #Adriatic, #Aegean and #Levantine seas have risen by 8cm over two decades, while the Cretan passage in the eastern #Mediterranean has risen by half this amount."

Terrawatch: the rise and bigger rise of Mediterranean sea levels | #RisingSeas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/28/terrawatch-the-rise-and-bigger-rise-of-mediterranean-sea-levels

#Tuvalu turns to the #metaverse as #risingseas threaten existence

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/tuvalu-turns-metaverse-rising-seas-threaten-existence-2022-11-15/

An Entire Pacific Country Will Upload Itself To The Metaverse. It’s A Desperate Plan – With A Hidden Message | IFLScience
#Climate #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency #Metaverse #NoPlanetB #LaudatoSi #RisingSeas #COP27CopOut #StopFossilFuels #Tuvalu

https://www.iflscience.com/an-entire-pacific-country-will-upload-itself-to-the-metaverse-it-s-a-desperate-plan-with-a-hidden-message-66250

An Entire Pacific Country Will Upload Itself To The Metaverse. It’s A Desperate Plan – With A Hidden Message | IFLScience
#Climate #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency #Metaverse #NoPlanetB #LaudatoSi #RisingSeas #COP27CopOut #StopFossilFuels #Tavula

https://www.iflscience.com/an-entire-pacific-country-will-upload-itself-to-the-metaverse-it-s-a-desperate-plan-with-a-hidden-message-66250