Rising seas are threatening to swallow up some of these beautiful places
Climate change will have many devastating effects related to changes in weather patterns, but perhaps the greatest damage will be caused by rising sea levels - and nowhere is poised to suffer from this more than inhabited islands that will soon be underwater.
The oceans are rising faster than they have for the last 2,800 years, according to a new report published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
At this rate, sea level rise during the 21st century will be in line with previous estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which suggested they could rise by another 3-4 feet by 2100.
These surging seas are threatening to submerge some of the most beautiful islands around the globe, and they're having an impact here in the US, too:
This is an updated version of a story written by reporter Chelsea Harvey in January 2015.
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