Is it true that global warming will predominantly affect islands?

           It is beyond doubt that global warming will affect life on earth in general. However, the intensity of the damage will vary from place to place. This is because global warming primarily causes rise in water levels; and therefore, any place closer to water bodies are at risk.

            Since islands are surrounded by water on all sides, the worst effects of global warming will manifest in islands. Have you heard of an island that disappeared altogether? Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time, washed an island, Lohachara Island of the Hoogly River in West Bengal, off the face of the earth. As the water levels continue to rise, the seas will swallow entire island nations, from the Maldives to the Marshall Islands, inundate vast areas of countries from Bangladesh to Egypt and submerge parts of scores of coastal cities. It is depressing to know that Indonesia has already lost 24 of its islands because of excessive mining and other activities that damage the environment.

            Sea-level rise and increased tropical cyclones are expected to place low-lying small islands in the Pacific, Indian, and Caribbean regions at risk of inundation and population displacement.

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