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GENEVA, Switzerland - Sea level rises in the Pacific Ocean are outstripping the global average, a World Meteorological Organization report showed on Tuesday, imperiling low-lying island states.Globally, sea level advances are accelerating as higher temperatures driven by the continued burning of fossil fuels melt once-mighty ice sheets, while warmer oceans cause water molecules to expand.But even compared to the global average rate rise of 3.
Already, such rises have brought a surge in the frequency of coastal flooding since 1980, with dozens of instances happening in islands like the Cook Islands and French Polynesia which previously reported just a handful of such cases annually.Such events are sometimes caused by tropical cyclones which scientists think could also be intensifying due to climate change, as sea surface temperatures climb.
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