Due to global warming, the level of the world’s oceans will gradually increase. Low-lying areas of the coast are already threatened by flooding, and during storms and typhoons these areas are often damaged by weather conditions. Climate experts warn: the “degree” of such cases is only increasing.

According to the publication Live ScienceScientists analyzed the situation with the melting of glaciers and other negative consequences of an increase in the average temperature on the planet. According to their forecasts, the increase in the water level in the World Ocean puts at risk of flooding primarily island regions whose coasts are not very high above sea level.

Such potentially hazardous habitats include the Marshall Islands, Maldives and Tuvalu. The area of ​​​​the atolls seems small, but their total population is about one million people.

No single expert can accurately predict the development of events today. Even in the static development of events, scenarios can be different. And in nature several parallel processes occur simultaneously. For example, coral islands are constantly in motion: somewhere they are destroyed, in other places, on the contrary, colonies grow and merge with their neighbors.

For example, sand accumulates in the coral reefs of Manadu Island in the Maldives, which slows down the speed of the waves. However, if water temperatures continue to rise, many of these natural formations will die. The island of Roy-Namur in the Marshall Islands risks losing its drinking water by 2060. Since tidal waves actively pollute fresh groundwater with salt.

Experts predict that by 2010 there will be a high probability of flooding from Fongafale island to Tuvalu. Authorities are trying to prevent a disaster by creating an artificial hill on one of the edges of the island, but scientists warn that such protection is unlikely to become a reliable barrier. Source