Residents among the Pacific Islands are facing the effects of climate change, but are learning to adapt to these changes. As sea levels rise, threatening islanders' homes, water sources that are being contaminated with salt water, and destroying crops, these residents are enduring these consequences because they are not willing to leave their native land. Climate change is also causing coral reef bleaching and cyclones to form, one of which hit Fiji. In order to adapt to these changes, one community that contains 350 residents built a wall 5 meters in height to prevent the rising sea from destroying their land. It astonishes me how resilient these islanders are, the commitment they are sustaining to their native land has driven them to adapt to the climate change caused by developing communities. The conditions these residents face are an endangerment to their entire community, which is why global action must be enacted to prevent the furthering damage of communities by greenhouse gases. www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/02/climate-change-pacific-islands/
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