Global Warming is already a matter of great concern to environmentalist. We all are aware of the broad wide effects of Global Warming.
Global Warming can prove to be fatal to countries having low lying coastlines. With the ice melting at a rapid pace due to increase in temperature might bring these coastlines under water.
8 such places are listed below that you should check now:
1. Bangladesh
This delta region is exposed to the effects of Global Warming. Severe flooding has made Bangladesh suffer a lot. The southern parts of the country in monsoons and Sunderbans being affected the most. Climatic changes making things go bad to worse.
2. Torres Strait
Have you ever woken up to the bedroom flooded with water during high tide? People living on these islands near Australia and New Guinea face this in reality what might be a nightmare to you. 274 islands have already gone under water.
3. Maldives
Situated 1.3 meters above sea level, this archipelago nation at the South West of India is dependent on tourism industry entirely. To raise awareness politicians had an underwater meeting and that is when Maldives made it to the headlines of newspaper.
4. The Solomon Islands
To check the rising sea levels, a group of French researchers kept a marker on the beach. The marker has submerged under water after 7 years.
5. Kiribati
Located halfway between Australia and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, this country holds 32 low lying coral islands. The Government is in talks with Fiji to purchase a land of 5000 acres where the population of over 1 lakh is been planned to relocate.
6. Carteret Islands
Life is not at all easy here. Destroyed food crops, homes and wells make it unfit for living. Some sources say that this may get uninhibited by this year.
7. Micronesia
This place is no longer safe for both the living and the dead. The cemeteries already lie under water. The mountainous island is getting corroded by the rising water level.
8. Tuvalu
The highest point stands 5 meters above sea level. The country has 6 atolls and 3 reef islands. Mangroves planted along the coastline aims to protect and slow down the rising sea level.