sea level rise
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three Pacific scientists are speaking on sea level rise in the region as part of an International Science Council side event at the UN this week.
Awnesh Singh is from the Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of the South Pacific; Christina Newport from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In American Samoa, the sea is rising 4 times faster than the global average. And an ongoing project has shown that land subsidence is to blame: The crust is relaxing after an earthquake and tsunami in 2009, compounding the effects of climate change.
“The water is getting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Did your village experience flooding in early July? Many residents noticed the extremely high tides around our coasts in early and late July (June 30 – July 6, and July 31 – August 2). Areas on the south and east-facing portions of our islands experienced the worst...
Washington, D.C. — A new United States federal assessment on climate change shows that the economic, social and environmental effects in the US affiliated-islands of the Pacific could be catastrophic.
The National Climate Assessment, which is the result of four years of collaboration by about 300...