Tingloy island jessica soho live

00:00 Climate change is real.

00:04 It's unacceptable.

00:06 Because of the excessive use of fossil fuels,

00:10 such as oil, gas, and coal,

00:13 the world is getting hotter.

00:16 It's flooding.

00:17 The ice is melting in cold places.

00:21 As a result,

00:22 the water level in our oceans is increasing.

00:26 The former glaciers are now submerged,

00:30 just like some islands in the Bohol Basin.

00:35 There are exactly 7,641 islands in the Philippines.

00:44 But the number is becoming less and less.

00:55 Because there are so many small islands

00:59 that are slowly being flooded by the sea.

01:02 We can see from these studies

01:04 that most of the Philippines will experience

01:06 a certain degree of rising sea levels.

01:08 The islanders of Batasan Island

01:13 in the town of Tubigon in Bohol

01:15 have their entire barangay

01:17 along with other island barangays

01:20 over the years.

01:23 [water gurgling]

01:25 [speaking in Tagalog]

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