Pacific island nations are in ‘grave danger,’ due to rising sea levels, UN chief says

Sea levels are rising faster in the western tropical Pacific because of where the melting ice from western Antarctica heads, warmer waters, and ocean currents, UN officials said.

Highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the world. This time he said those initials stand for “save our seas.”