The Pacific Islands are facing a “triple whammy” of threats due to climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. The islands are facing accelerating sea level rise, ocean warming and acidification, threatening their socioeconomic viability and existence, a report released by the WMO said. Sea levels had risen in the region above the global average, while sea surface temperatures had risen three times faster than the global average since 1980, the report found. Marine heatwaves have approximately doubled in frequency since 1980 and are more intense and are lasting…