37 Introduction and thesis outline Eutrophication Sea level rise A C B D Figure 4. Panels A and B depict the process of eutrophication, with Panel A presenting a cartoon image and Panel B illustrating a real-case scenario of severe eutrophication featuring a scuba diver in the marine lake Mar Menor in Spain (“Mar Menor, cuando el desprecio al medio ambiente se vuelve contra nosotros,” El País, February 23rd 2020). Panels C and D represent sea-level rise, with Panel C showing a cartoon illustration and Panel D depicting a real scenario on the Pacific Ocean island of Tuvalu, which is highly impacted by rising sea levels. Here, a couple on a motorbike pass through the narrowest point of Fongafale Island in the Funafuti atoll, part of the island nation Tuvalu. The Pacific Ocean is on the left, and a lagoon is in the right. The coral island atoll nation has been identified as one of the world’s most vulnerable islands to climate change. (“This Pacific island country is disappearing. What happens next?” National Geographic, July 8th 2024). Panel A and C images were obtained from the Integration and Application Network Symbol Library from the Center for Environmental Science of the University of Maryland (USA). 1
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