Climate change in Trinidad and Tobago has led to ongoing increases in land and ocean temperatures, changes in rainfall and sea level rise.
Regional context
editBy the end of the 21st century, the Caribbean region is predicted to warm by 1 to 3.5 °C. Precipitation is expected to decrease in some areas (by potentially as much as 50%) while increase in others (up to 14%), while sea level is expected to increase by 1.4 m.[1]
References
edit- ^ Stennett-Brown, Roxann K.; Stephenson, Tannecia S.; Taylor, Michael A. (2019-07-10). "Caribbean climate change vulnerability: Lessons from an aggregate index approach". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0219250. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219250. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6619692. PMID 31291297.
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