Billions of people are at 'unthinkable' risk because of rising sea levels, according to the United Nations. 'We would witness a mass exodus of entire populations on a biblical scale,' Secretary-General António Guterres said.
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As strong waves repeatedly crash against the shore, coastal erosion naturally occurs; however, as temperatures around the world increase and sea levels rise, the damage to the coast's natural barriers is being exacerbated with each ensuing monster storm with tropical force winds or higher -- which typically causes the most damaging events of erosion,Low-lying communities and entire countries could disappear in the next few decades because of rising sea levels, according to the U.N.
Global average sea levels have risen faster since the beginning of the 20th century than in any previous century in the last 3,000 years, according to new data released from the World Meteorological Organization.WMO's provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report. Small waves crash into reinforced seawalls in Shishmaref, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2022. Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of this island community to vote twice to relocate.Through the Paris Climate Agreement, world leaders set a goal to limit the earth's warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.
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