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Rising Seas Give Island Nation a Stark Choice: Relocate or Elevate (nationalgeographic.com)
Climate change means the low-lying Marshall Islands must consider drastic measures, including building new artificial islands. National Geographic: The navigational prowess of Marshall Islanders is legendary. For thousands of years, Marshallese have embraced their watery environment, building a culture on more than 1,200 islands scattered across 750,000 square miles of ocean. But powerful tropical cyclones, damaged reefs and fisheries, worsening droughts, and sea-level rise threaten the coral reef atolls of this large ocean state, forcing the Marshallese to navigate a new reality.
In a moment of reckoning, Marshall Islanders face a stark choice: relocate or elevate. One idea being considered is the construction of a new island or raising an existing one. With 600 billion tons of melting ice flowing into oceans that are absorbing heat twice as fast as 18 years ago, the Marshallese will need to move fast. A report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in October highlighted different projected outcomes from a temperature rise of 1.5C versus 2C.
In the report, small-island developing states are identified as being at disproportionately higher risk of adverse consequences of global warming. Among them, four atoll nations: Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Maldives, and the Marshall Islands, are at greatest risk. [...] In July, speaking at a climate change conference on Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, University of Hawaii climate scientist Chip Fletcher discussed possible adaptation measures. When Fletcher presented a map depicting Majuro flooded under three feet of water, there was an audible gasp in the room. For climate activists in the Pacific, "1.5 to stay alive," has been the mantra of survival. "We're going to miss 1.5C," Fletcher told his audience, but added, "there's something we can do about it."
In a moment of reckoning, Marshall Islanders face a stark choice: relocate or elevate. One idea being considered is the construction of a new island or raising an existing one. With 600 billion tons of melting ice flowing into oceans that are absorbing heat twice as fast as 18 years ago, the Marshallese will need to move fast. A report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in October highlighted different projected outcomes from a temperature rise of 1.5C versus 2C.
In the report, small-island developing states are identified as being at disproportionately higher risk of adverse consequences of global warming. Among them, four atoll nations: Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Maldives, and the Marshall Islands, are at greatest risk. [...] In July, speaking at a climate change conference on Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, University of Hawaii climate scientist Chip Fletcher discussed possible adaptation measures. When Fletcher presented a map depicting Majuro flooded under three feet of water, there was an audible gasp in the room. For climate activists in the Pacific, "1.5 to stay alive," has been the mantra of survival. "We're going to miss 1.5C," Fletcher told his audience, but added, "there's something we can do about it."
Yes. Another thing that these "the seas are rising due to climate change OMG" people fail to ever remember is that the tectonic plates we learned about in school are always in flux, rising and sinking at different angles over time. Some places simply are sinking, others are rising. No need to foam at the mouth and yell climate change.
Quite the skilled propagandist you are. ".25 of a foot" huh? Who measures seal level rises that way? And if you read the link you'd see a fair amount of fluctuation. Arbitrarily picking dates and saying "Hey, it's dropped" reminds me of the "There's been no temperature rise for 14 years" meme that was doing the rounds last year.
Sea levels are rising. Not only is picking one location and saying "Huh, no rise there" meaningless, but in this case the GGP didn't even pick an example that actually showed no rise. But sure, go by photos on Wikipedia, that makes far more sense than believing actual scientists and their so called "measurements".
Really? I see thousands of years with a LOT higher rate of sea-level change, some as high as 4+ meters per century, which would be about 20 times higher than the worst-case estimates for today. Rising faster than ever in geologic history? Hardly.
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
has no change in land area over the last 60 years [tradingeconomics.com].
Obviously. Do you actually know how much the sea water was rising during the last 60 years?
So how the fuck should they have a noticeable as in measurable change in land area?
Data shows that coral-based islands (like the Marshalls) are growing. Eighty percent are either stable or growing. ... perfect for an area that has 1200 islands and only a few handful of actually inhabitated islands.
Yes, the islands that have 10m in diameter are growing to 11m
And the thing you forget the most: the problem is not area, it is hight. While corrals grow in some areas, they die in others due to many factors, one is heat. We don't know yet if your cherry picked islands will have corrals that will survive. So while an island might get area, its hight does not change. So no idea about what bullshit you are nitpicking.
Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
Suddenly China are the bad guys now?
It's not really about that but since you demand a simple answer... "Sure."
Because they're taking the very rational step of trying to keep the Americans away from their territory?
Lots of reasons but this 'expansionism' has nothing to do with "trying to keep the Americans away" and everything to do with the Chinese government eyeballing their neighbors' undersea resources.
It's Tibet all over again.