Wiping away history: Ghana’s historic slave forts are being swallowed by rising seas
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how rising seas and storm surges are eroding Ghana’s slave forts…
Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower “pawn”
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it worries that fellow island nations could become “pawns” in a global competition between China and the United States, its foreign minister said. Simon Kofe told Reuters the superpower competition was a concern, distracting attention from climate […]
Postcards: California weighs first step in “managed retreat” from rising Pacific
CAREY L BIRON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the challenges rising seas are posing in California…
“Baptised by fish”: Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing
CARLEY PETESCH, of Associated Press, reports on how fishing communities in the West African nation – and women in particular – have weathered the coronavirus pandemic…
Islands, rocks and tuna: Pacific nations draw new battle lines against rising seas
ALISTER DOYLE, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how Pacific island states are looking to ensure their territories don’t disppear with rising seas…
No water or work: Climate stress pushes Indian delta-dwellers to the edge
SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of people living in India’s Sundarbans delta region…
Rising seas could make US coastal flooding a daily peril by 2100
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Many coastal areas of the United States could see floods that now happen about twice a century occur almost daily by the turn of the century, as ocean levels rise because of planetary warming and ice melt, scientists warned on Thursday. By 2050 – just 30 years from now – almost […]
‘Sandscaping’ first for UK in bid to save coastal homes
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A giant sand dune is being built on England’s east coast to save 400 homes from storm surges, in Britain’s first attempt to use “sandscaping” to stave off rising seas and prepare for a changing climate, engineers said last week. The novel project, set to finish this month, will only buy north […]