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GENEVA:
Climate Change is impacting the world badly. Its major impacts are rising sea
levels, rise in global temperature, extreme weathers, loss of biodiversity, ocean
acidifications, as well as greater health, and agricultural issues.
In the
recent report about climate change, published by United Nations’ agency World
Meteorological Organization, it has warned that global sea level has doubled,
even it is rising more than double the pace that was witnessed in the first
decade of measurement accounting from 1993-2002. Now, it has hit the new record
and will continue to rise.
Behind this
exponential rise in sea level, there is Extreme Glacier Melt and record Ocean
Heat that causes water to expand. According to the UN’s agency, this has
contributed to an average rise in sea levels of 4.62mm a year between 2013-2022.
"We
have already lost this melting of glaciers game and sea level rise game so
that's bad news," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a press
brief.
Coastal cities
are greatly vulnerable due to rising sea levels and the low-lying states, such
as the island of Tuvalu, are also threatened by this.
Another
annual report published by WMO that was published a day ahead of Earth Day also
recorded exceptional reduction of ice in Antarctica. released a day ahead of
Earth Day, also showed that sea ice in Antarctica. On the other hand, oceans
were recorded 58% of their surfaces experiencing a marine heatwave. (Courtesy:
Reuters)
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