sea level

An abandoned house next to a small lagoon on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati in 2013. Nations like Kiribati and the Marshall Islands may disappear due to climate change.
Environment
In Pacific island nations, there’s nowhere left to run from climate change
Most of Miami-Dade County and greater South Florida is barely feet above sea level, with new development moving into some of the most flood-prone areas.
Environment
For Miami’s immigrants, some of the cheapest land is the most vulnerable to climate change