But what if you left for a trip and found you could never return? What if your home, and even the land it stood on, was gone forever? This isn't the plot of a movie or
video game. It's a painfully real possibility faced by people living in the Pacific
Islands. Rising sea levels, due to the arrival of climate change, threaten the future
of these island nations.
In this passage, the word possibility means
A something that is a source of trouble or disagreement between nations
B
an opportunity to solve something that affects another region
с
a chance that something might exist, happen, or be true
D
something that is known by a large number of people