Inhabited Island Vanishes Forever Underwater

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.'"

Comments

But temperatures are rising on Mars!

[Travoltus]

Ergo, there's no need to panic here on Earth.

[Republican parody mode off]

Re:But temperatures are rising on Mars!

[DiamondGeezer]

I am shocked, shocked to discover that islands on an unstable delta in India can sink under their own weight into the ocean. This has clearly never happened before and George W Bush is clearly to blame.

Clearly if Bush had signed the Kyoto death pact, and if the Senate which had voted 95-0 in 1998 had let him, then these islands would still be here and, for good measure, the earth will have been cooled by an astonishing and completely unmeasureable 0.07C by 2050.

We will now see the Slashdot approach to group censorship take effect. Your rights online?

Move along...

[j35ter]

...Nothing to see here anymore...just the sea....move along...

Please join me in prayer

[3dWarlord]

for rising ocean levels to take California next.

Re:Please join me in prayer

[aonic]

worry not, us californians will use our progressive politics and homosexual agenda to evolve gills.

Re:Please join me in prayer

[Anonymous Coward]

See you down in Arizona Bay.

Sponsor?

[BlackPignouf]

This post was sponsored by Hummer, Mercedes and the American/European way of life.
Hope you liked it folks!

Sssshhh!

[Anonymous Coward]

Logic, reason, and rational thought are unwelcome here.

Now, back to the gravy train...

Cthulu Fhtagn

[Keichann]

I for one welcome our new, many-tentacled, overlord.

This can be a good thing

[GreatBunzinni]

step 1: spread the word that the inhabitants of those islands are thinking about suing some state for huge gobs of cash
step 2: a whole hurd of weasely frivolous lawyers stampede to get there as soon as possible
step 3: they get there but there is no way out
step 4: water level rises
step 5: happy times!

See? Every cloud has it's silver lining.

Re:First Time?

[GMontag]

If more people drove hybrids, like I do, Atlantis would still be around.

Re:When Yellowstone blows up ..

[c_forq]

You obviously don't know America. When Yellowstone blows up there will be people offering heat resistant suits and paying high wages to whoever will still enter to claim natural resources. The use of volcanic glass will probably also greatly increase, and blocks of pumice will be sold in mass quantities to "Remember Yellowstone". If there is one thing you should never underestimate, it is the ability of Americans to merchandise in the wake of tragedy and catastrophe.