Climate Wreaking Havoc on Islands
Monday, March 28, 2022
Hydrometeorological disasters caused by climate crisis are occurring more frequently. Several small islands and coastal towns are becoming inundated and are in danger of going underwater completely.
ACHMAD Zaeni, 66, is very familiar with the sound of dirt and coral falling from a cliff near the grave of Sheikh Syarif Ainun Naim on top of a hill at Tolop Kecil Island in the Belakang Padang subdistrict, City of Batam, Riau Islands. The cliff, which is being eaten away through abrasion, is just a meter away from the wall of the tomb of that propagator of Islam in the Riau Islands. “The land continues fall down. The last time it crumbled
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