'It won't be long': why a Honduran community will soon be under water

31.07.2019

Rising sea levels are destroying coastal towns in Honduras - and shrimp farms which export to the UK and US are making it worseEric Pineda runs a modest beachfront restaurant which serves up plates of fresh fish and rice - and faces imminent destruction.A recent tidal surge razed the nightclub next door, leaving a pastel pink ruin, and in the past two years, several other businesses between Pineda's property and the Pacific Ocean have been destroyed by sudden waves. Continue reading...

Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/31/honduras-community-coastal-towns-rising-sea-le

Zdroj: The Guardian

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