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Inhabited Island Vanishes Forever Underwater

Posted by Zonk on from the seeya-later-island-guy dept.

PhreakOfTime writes "For the first time the rising ocean levels have washed away an inhabited island. Lohachara island was at one point home to some 10,000 people. It, along with several other spits of land near the Indian mainland, is now permanently underwater. From the article: ' As the seas continue to swell, they will swallow whole island nations, from the Maldives to the Marshall Islands, inundate vast areas of countries from Bangladesh to Egypt, and submerge parts of scores of coastal cities. Eight years ago ... the first uninhabited islands - in the Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati - vanished beneath the waves. The people of low-lying islands in Vanuatu, also in the Pacific, have been evacuated as a precaution, but the land still juts above the sea. The disappearance of Lohachara, once home to 10,000 people, is unprecedented.'"

6 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. enough with the ostrich act by datamaxx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wonder if this is blunt enough for Blunt Missouri's poster child for republician stupidity.

  2. The corruption is really, really scary, actually. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here's my summary of the corruption: George W. Bush comedy and tragedy. I would like to see other people write their own summaries.

    Not only is the Bush administration destructive, but I'm tired of having a president who is routinely called an idiot.

  3. Re:But temperatures are rising on Mars! by yo+man · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't be a stupid republican fuck. You idiots can go on coming up with "alternative" explanations for every piece of evidence but at some point you're going to have to apply Occam's Razor and say which is the better explanation overall: human induced global warming or a whole series of tailor made alternative explanations?

  4. Re:"Forever"? by Pink+Tinkletini · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And we don't care about your flyover country.

    The horrible truth, though, is that we depend on each other. Lose Manhattan, you go back to a pre-information age society and end up starving every other season. Lose Wyoming, uh... well, I guess we wouldn't really notice the difference. You depend on us, frankly, more than we depend on you. So go fuck yourself.

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  5. Re:The corruption is really, really scary, actuall by LunarCrisis · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Until then, go fuck yourselves.

    And the Earth.

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    Nine: One day I will kill him. Then, I will be Ten.
  6. Re:The corruption is really, really scary, actuall by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you are all slowly degrading our world, if you find that's a problem i suggest you cut your wrists now you emo.

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