Sea Level Rise Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

RMI on 50-year clock

By Journal on November 17, 2022 50 year, 50 years, 6.6 feet, Clarence Samuel, climate change, COP27, Egypt, global climate summit, John Silk, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Majuro Ebeye, Sea Level Rise News Archive

The Marshall Islands delegation to the global climate summit COP27 in Egypt this past week released the “RMI Statement of Intent on Adaptation” — which underscores the emerging climate reality that in the lifetime of today’s elementary age population, much of the Marshall Islands may become uninhabitable. Marshall Islands delegates to COP27 are telling the […]

Tides flooding hits RMI, FSM

By Journal on December 9, 2021 Amata Kabua International Airport, Chewy Lin, Dr. Murray Ford, Ebeye, Federated States of Micronesia, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Majuro, Sea Level Rise News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON Ocean and lagoon water flooded the lowest lying areas for three straight days throughout the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia this past weekend and Monday, causing sparse damage but requiring big cleanups in their wake. The road by Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro was halted periodically by incoming waves […]