These videos highlight the rapidly declining state of the world's environment due to the increasing effect of global warming on the planet.
They are from a series titled 'Disappearing World' produced by Channel Five News in the UK.
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1. The Arctic Circle, Alaska
Channel Five journalist Mark Jordan travels to Shishmaref in the Arctic circle to see how local Eskimo villages are literally disappearing into the sea.
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2. The South Pacific (Kiribati Islands)
Mark Jordan journeys to the Kiribati Islands in the South Pacific to see how rising sea levels are affecting local island communities.
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3. Australia
Mark Jordan reports from Australia where global warming is responsible for severe droughts in various parts of the country. The loss of farms due to drought has also led to an increase in suicides in rural Australia.
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4. Tibet
Channel Five journalist Mark Jordan travels to Nepal to look at how global warming is responsible for the melting of its glaciers.
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5. United Kingdom
Mark Jordan looks at how global warming and rising sea levels are currently affecting the coastline around the United Kingdom.
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