(The Philippine Daily Inquirer) - More than 700 towns throughout the Philippines will go under water if, as predicted by some scientists, the sea level rises by one meter in less than 300 years, the environmental group Greenpeace has warned.
In a report titled "The Philippines: A Climate Hotspot,'' Greenpeace said that all of the country’s 16 regions were vulnerable to the one-meter rise in sea level that is projected to happen in 2300 and onwards. It said the process could be accelerated by the melting of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets.
The top 20 provinces vulnerable to sea level rise are Sulu, Palawan, Zamboanga del Sur, Northern Samar, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, Cebu, Davao del Norte, Bohol, Camarines Sur, Quezon, Tawi-Tawi, Masbate, Negros Occidental, Camarines Norte, Capiz, Catanduanes, Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, and Maguindanao... full story here
In a report titled "The Philippines: A Climate Hotspot,'' Greenpeace said that all of the country’s 16 regions were vulnerable to the one-meter rise in sea level that is projected to happen in 2300 and onwards. It said the process could be accelerated by the melting of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets.
The top 20 provinces vulnerable to sea level rise are Sulu, Palawan, Zamboanga del Sur, Northern Samar, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, Cebu, Davao del Norte, Bohol, Camarines Sur, Quezon, Tawi-Tawi, Masbate, Negros Occidental, Camarines Norte, Capiz, Catanduanes, Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, and Maguindanao... full story here
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