Grist

OCTOBER 31, 2023

billion acres of soil around the world have gotten saltier, an area roughly the size of the entire United States, and it’s stressing out plants. Salt is even getting kicked up into the air: In arid regions, “lakes are drying up and sending plumes of saline dust into the atmosphere,” such as the Aral Sea in Central Asia, the study says.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise. Everywhere is being impacted, but parts of Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Arctic regions, and small island states are at particular risk. People living in cities face worsening heat stress, reduced air quality, food, and water shortages.

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Resilience Climate change Africa Sea level rise 48

Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. HEALTH Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health edited by Wael K. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century.

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Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95