SAIPAN, 01 JUNE 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — There have been some improvements to the drought situation across Yap, the northern islands of Chuuk, and the northern part of the Marshalls but it appears the CNMI still has a few more days of drought conditions ahead of it. According to a National Weather Service forecast that […]
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More bush fires due to dry conditions
Fire trucks headed to Ngerikiil, Airai this Sunday again responding to reports of bush fires near Gillian Johanes house and Palau Mission Academy. Ministry of Justice sent out a reminder again asking people not to start fires and to take precautions to prevent possible fires due to the unusually dry season that Palau is in […]
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Rising sea levels swallow up two Indonesian islands
JAKARTA, 29 JANUARY 2020 (REUTERS) — Two uninhabited islands in South Sumatra have vanished, and four are on the brink, thanks to rising sea levels. The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says Betet Island and Gundul Island are now completely submerged because of climate change and are sitting one and three metres below sea […]
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Some Pacific Island nations are Turning to China, climate Change is a factor
WASHINGTON, 25 NOVEMBER 2019 (NPR via Pacnews)—This month, the Trump administration formally began the year long process of pulling the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement. It will be the first and only country to quit the 200-nation deal to combat climate change. That’s a big concern for some of the world’s most […]
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Uneasy waters
BRISBANE, 01 NOVEMBER 2019 (UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND) — A team of UQ researchers is working tirelessly to find an environmental engineering solution for a very human problem in the Solomon Islands, where the lives of entire communities are in turmoil thanks to drastic sea level rises. Dr Simon Albert wants to solve an urgent, catastrophic […]