UN Chief Issues Urgent Warning of Danger from Rising Pacific Sea Levels — VOA Learning English
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that rising ocean temperatures present urgent risks for people living in the Pacific Islands.
Guterres made the comment while at the Pacific Islands Forum taking place in Tonga. The country is a collection of about 170 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
The U.N. chief said studies suggest the southwestern Pacific faces more extreme sea level rise than other parts of the world. The problem, he added, is linked to sea temperatures in the area that in some cases are three times higher than worldwide levels.
Warmer temperatures cause water to expand and this can cause sea level rise.
"I am in Tonga to issue a global SOS – Save Our Seas…
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