Groundwater pumping in the Philippines is causing coastal land to sink while the razing of mangrove forest has left the area vulnerable to bigger storm surges from the rising seas.
When the Meghna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum’s tin-roofed family home overnight in southern Bangladesh just over a year ago they had no choice but to leave their ancestral village.
These are the homes that may not end up being saved because it would be very expensive to try, using measures such as seawalls and other coastal defences.
David Holland is set to reach the Thwaites Glacier in the coming days, one of the most unstable glaciers in Antarctica, where he will set up a base for a month-long research project.
“Tuvalu is in the front lines of climate change. We are living climate change in our daily lives. We have our land fast disappearing, and our islands are sinking,” Tuvalu Minister for Finance Seve Paeniu tells the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn’t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, according to a researcher at the University of British Columbia.