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

Re:First Time?

[StrawberryFrog]

First Time? Atlantis anyone?

You do know that Atlantis is fiction, right?

Re:Sssshhh!

[khallow]

I'm sure they are. But I have an idea. Why don't you reply to a post that actually has a problem with logic, reason, and rational thought than waste my time? I read through all slashdot replies to my posts so it bugs me, enough to post this reply, when someone drops a bit of pointless smarm. It's like they were trying to be clever.

fu+ck...

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:The corruption is really, really scary, actuall

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice try. We blame you *now* for Kyoto.

Give it up trolls. When they come up with a fair and equitable environmental policy that isn't looking to dismantle the American economy while letting African and South American third world nations as well as second world nations like China pollute, maybe then we'll listen. Until then, go fuck yourselves.

Re:GWB, erm, the US are part of the problem.

[wheelgun]

I for one will be glad to take the blame for ignoring an imaginary problem. Enjoy the popularity of your hack cult while it lasts. One day it it will never be mentioned outside the pages of books dedicated to phrenology, mesmerism, and other 'sciences' among which global warming deserves a well earned seat.

Re:GWB, erm, the US are part of the problem.

[wheelgun]

I will be glad to take the blame for ignoring an imaginary problem. Enjoy the popularity of your hack cult while it lasts. One day it it will never be mentioned outside the pages of books dedicated to phrenology, mesmerism, and other 'sciences' among which global warming deserves a seat. Now if you'll excuse me, I must fire up my evil SUV and destroy the known universe!

Re:The corruption is really, really scary, actuall

[w3woody]

I'm sorry but we don't allow "facts" here to get in the way of our government-sponsored hysteria and push towards a world socialist government^W^W^W^W enactment of treaty obligations restricting capitalism to help save the Earth.

Re:Mod parent flamebait

[jcr]

My bogometer pegs every time I listen to one of the GW deniers

My knee-jerk-o-meter pegs every time I hear someone rail against George Bush just because someone doesn't conform to your orthodoxy on the climate change question.

-jcr

Re:The corruption is really, really scary, actuall

[soft-tits]

I call bullshit!

It is USian capitalism that destroyed the Earth to begin with. Mr Bush and the Republicans are compounding the problems. As a result of religion and greed in the US, some things such as solar energy is being restricted. Capitalism will destroy the Earth, communism will save the Earth.

oh i get it, wmd = coverup

[Treates2]

WMD's is a coverup for global warming, not oil.. duh, bush is trying to kill us all.. not just the troops and followers.. what an ignorant ass.. speaking of which i saw an h2 the other day, man did i want to lay feces on the drivers seat.

Re:GWB, erm, the US are part of the problem.

[poity]

"Insightful" ??

Mods, please check your objectivity. An anti-Bush troll is still a troll.