Sea levels in the South-West Pacific are rising faster than the global average, threatening low-lying islands while heat damages marine ecosystems, the U.N. meteorological agency said on Friday.
In its State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2022 report, the World Meteorological Organization said water levels were rising about 4 mm per year in some areas, slightly above the global mean rate.
The report added that marine heatwaves had occurred in a large area northeast of Australia and south of Papua New Guinea over more than six months, affecting marine life and the livelihoods of local communities., a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean that returned this year, would strongly affect the region.
The region last year recorded 35 natural hazards, including floods and storms, that killed more than 700 people, according to the report. These hazards directly affected more than 8 million people.
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