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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It affects all coastlines everywhere in the world. Most countries have major cities on the coast that will be forced to relocate. Massive damages and refugees.

Rising oceans isn't itself an extinction event, but poverty in capitalist countries means a lot of people are going to die. A lot.