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Rising sea levels

As higher temperatures cause ice sheets to melt, sea levels are — rising leaving coastal communities around the world to look for solutions. Some are opting to relocate, while others build defenses to keep the ocean out.

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DW ECO INDIA 02.02.2024

Mongla in Bangladesh becomes home for climate refugees

Mongla in Bangladesh becomes home for climate refugees

Large parts of the country are flooded and uninhabitable. The port town of Mongla welcomes climate refugees.
MigrationFebruary 26, 202404:56 min
A woman wearing a broad-brimmed hat stands chest-deep in water as she tends to her fishing pots.

An Indonesian village adapts to life on sinking land

An Indonesian village adapts to life on sinking land

Meet the residents of Timbulsloko, a tiny coastal village on the island of Java that's being swallowed by rising tides.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 7, 202402:49 min
Four workers plant mangroves in a wetland

NGOs take on rising sea levels in Cameroon’s Douala

NGOs take on rising sea levels in Cameroon’s Douala

NGOs aim to halt flooding and coastal erosion in Douala by planting mangroves and educating locals.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 8, 202305:23 min
Big Picture "Traumurlaub für Geimpfte" | Maldives

Rising sea levels threaten to render Maldives uninhabitable

Rising sea levels threaten to render Maldives uninhabitable

President Mohamed Muizzu hopes some ambitious engineering can mitigate the threat.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 23, 202302:21 min
Adult gentoo penguin leaping into tide pool at Port Lockroy, Antarctica

Antarctica: What's the big deal over resource exploitation?

Antarctica: What's the big deal over resource exploitation?

With abundant fish and krill, and potential energy reserves, why is it so important to protect the South Pole?
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 20, 2023
A man bends forward next to a water truck

Indonesia's sinking megacity of Jakarta has a water problem

Indonesia's sinking megacity of Jakarta has a water problem

Because Jakarta's residents use groundwater as their main water source, Jakarta is sinking.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 12, 202303:04 min
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Concrete blocks installed to break the Mediterranean sea waves along the waterfront in Egypt's northern Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria

Rising sea levels: Is land reclamation still viable?

With coastal areas threatened by rising seas and destructive storms, should we still be creating new land in our oceans?
Nature and EnvironmentMay 15, 2023
Water laps the bottom level of four homes in Harbor Island, South Carolina

Floods and rising sea levels pushes planned migration

Instead of trying to prolong the inevitable move caused by rising sea levels, some communities are already adapting.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 9, 2023