The Marshall Islands are extremely vulnerable to rising sea levels, with most of the land no more than three feet above the high tide mark. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Erin Magee, AusAID)
For the 70,000 residents of the Marshall Islands, global climate change isn’t a theoretical concern with far-off potential consequences. The island nation is nowhere >6ft above the Pacific Ocean, and because sea levels are already rising, the nation’s leaders have made plans to move to higher ground in the Fiji Islands.
Some impacts of global climate change will appear much sooner than others – with only moderate increases in global temperature. While rising sea levels may one day threaten the commuter tunnels and subway lines of NYC, it will have effects much sooner in other parts of the world...
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