New York City may soon sink under the sea predicts a new research. The city is sinking due to the weight of its towering skyscrapers. Coupled with the rising sea levels, this weight is pushing New York under at an average rate of 1-2 millimetres per year; some areas are sinking at twice this rate.

WION Explains | New York, the city that never sleeps, may soon lie in slumber under the sea

Our planet Earth is warming up global temperatures around the world are constantly increasing day by day. Even the polar regions known to have the coldest temperatures are slowly warming up the area of sea ice around antarctica has hit a record low. Mohammed Saleh brings you this report.

Antarctic sea ice hits record low

According to new scientific review, the amount of heat getting collected in the ocean is accelerating and penetrating even deeper with widespread impact on extreme weather events and marine life.

WION Climate Tracker: Study: Rate of ocean warming doubles over two decades

The Fiji villages are inundated by rising sea levels, demanding the big emitters to pay. The villagers say that the developed nations who contributed the most to global warming must protect the victims of their actions.

Fiji villages inundated by rising sea

Martinique's Precheur village in France has become a symbol of rising sea levels eating away at the coastline. According to the latest figures from the intergovernmental panel on climate change, sea levels are rising by an average of 3.5 millimeters per year in Martinique compared to 2.5 millimeters a decade ago.

Climate change threatens Precheur village in France

Amidst looming environmental crisis and rising sea level, a floating city is being made just 10-minute boat ride from Maldives’ Male city in the Indian Ocean. According to CNN, the city will be designed resembling a brain coral.

A floating city is coming up in Maldives amidst rising sea level

Movie looks at how rising sea levels may force over 30 million to leave their homes, and where they'll go is unclear

Documentary film links melting glaciers to land loss threatening to displace millions in Bangladesh

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