Category: Rising Seas

Maldives president seeks help for ‘paradise drowning’

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made an impassioned plea Tuesday for a cut in global greenhouse

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Scientists study Arctic haze for clues to rapid melting

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Visitors to Alaska often marvel at the crisp, clear air. But the truth is, the skies

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Indonesia’s thirsty capital is sinking as sea levels rise

Separated by a road and a viscous finger of black, garbage-choked water, the stilt-house slum of Muara Baru and

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Could diluted seas sink cargo shipping?

Freshwater pouring into northern oceans is slowly turning high-latitude waters less salty. Shrinking ice sheets and melting glaciers are

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Rising sea threatens China’s south

Over 1,100 square kilometres (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising

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