Pollution, climate change and ecosystem degradation are transforming the living systems that sustain life on Earth. Across the Caribbean, multiple environmental pressures are converging on the same coastline.

HERE

THE CRISIS

IS

SARGASSUM

SURGE

75% of Earth’s land + 66% of the ocean

have already been significantly altered by human activity.


Sargassum is part of the Atlantic Ocean. But something has changed.

Massive blooms now travel across the Caribbean, overwhelming coastlines that once received seasonal amounts. As tons of seaweed accumulate and decay, they block sunlight, strip oxygen from coastal waters and release toxic gases.

Plastic was designed to last. Now, that durability has become part of the problem.

Millions of tons of plastic enter aquatic ecosystems every year. It washes ashore, sinks beneath the surface and breaks into microplastics that spread through marine habitats, wildlife and food webs.


PLASTIC POLLUTION

Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. But they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Rising ocean temperatures, bleaching, disease, pollution and human pressure are weakening reefs faster than many can recover, threatening marine biodiversity and the coastal communities that depend on them.

REEFS AT

TIPPING POINTS

ECOSYSTEMS

Forests and mangroves protect coastlines, store carbon and provide critical habitat above and below the water. But development, land clearing, pollution and climate pressure continue to fragment and destroy these ecosystems. As they disappear, biodiversity declines and coastlines become increasingly vulnerable.


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