African coastlines face unprecedented sea level surge crisis

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https://science.uct.ac.za/articles/2026-03-19-african-coastlines-face-unprecedented-sea-level-surge-crisis

18 March 2026 | Story Ridovhona Mbulaheni
A groundbreaking study led by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Oceanography has revealed that Africa’s coastlines are facing a rapidly accelerating crisis.

It found that the 2023–2024 El Niño event triggered the most significant sea level surge ever recorded in the region, exceeding even the historically powerful 1997–1998 event and highlighting a dangerous new reality for the continent’s coastal nations.

The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, analysed over three decades of satellite data spanning from 1993 to 2024 across the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and adjacent waters surrounding Africa. Regional sea levels have risen by 11.26 cm since 1993, outpacing the global average and accelerating at a rate of 0.14 mm per year squared, faster than previously documented.

A record-breaking climate event

When the long-term trend of rising seas is removed to isolate the effect of natural climate cycles, the 2023–2024 El Niño produced a sea level anomaly of 27 mm, the largest on record. This dwarfs the 1997–1998 El Niño, considered one of the most powerful climate events of the 20th century, which produced a smaller anomaly of roughly 19 mm.

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Kemgang Ghomsi, F.E., Stroeve, J., Crawford, A. et al. 2023-2024 El Niño amplifies record sea level surges in African marine domains. Commun Earth Environ 7, 179 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03204-9

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1. Climate change like this cause people to migrate and this isn't an isolated event

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2. Yes, we've been seeing climate migration already...

… and the numbers are only going to increase.

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4. Been reading about it, too, and the displaced people will have even more problems with intolerance..

We don’t want these people here..they should go back to where they came from kinda crap and none of this is of their making. We’ve been warned for decades and it’s too expensive, it’s a hoax 💩 so, it’s pay me now or pay me big time later and here we are 😤

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5. New Report Shows Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Climate U.S. Policies Contribute to Climate Harms and Displacement

https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/new-report-shows-anti-immigrant-and-anti-climate-u-s-policies-contribute-to-climate-harms-and-displacement

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May 28, 2025

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NEW REPORT SHOWS ANTI-IMMIGRANT AND ANTI_CLIMATE U.S. POLICIES CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE HARMS AND DISPLACEMENT

Report compiles firsthand responses from displaced people seeking safety in the United States

(New York, NY) – Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center released a new report in English and Spanish highlighting the dangers of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant and anti-climate policies. The report is based on interviews IRAP conducted in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas with 26 displaced individuals from 12 countries in January 2025.

‘Danger by Design: How Climate Injustice Harms Displaced People at the U.S.-Mexico Border’ demonstrates that environmental disasters both contribute to initial displacement and exacerbate vulnerabilities along migration routes. Restrictive immigration policies worsen this crisis by pushing vulnerable populations into perilous migration routes, where climate-exacerbated hazards pose even greater risks to their safety and survival.

“This report shows that we are facing a human rights disaster as the United States restricts legal immigration pathways while simultaneously failing to address the climate crisis driving displacement,” said IRAP Climate Research & Operations Specialist Julia Neusner. “The only just and effective response to the reality of climate change is the creation of orderly and accessible pathways to safety for displaced people.”

The majority of interviewees identified environmental disasters and their aftermath as contributing factors in their decision to flee, while many also described how extreme weather conditions such as heat, flooding, and storms intensified the dangers they faced along their migration journeys.

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https://e1.nmcdn.io/assets/irap/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Climate-Report-Danger-by-Design-English.pdf

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3. Climate Refugees Statistics - The alarming statistics show millions are already being displaced by climate change ...

https://worldmetrics.org/climate-refugees-statistics/

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6. This information is indeed alarming. In depth and frightening..I've bookmarked for an in depth read. Thank you

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7. You're Welcome!

I always love to help spread knowledge!

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8. I'm always learning something here. The issues are many but I don't want to live ignorantly in bliss