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Is Sikaiana Sinking?
Posted in Travel Stories by traveler on January 7th, 2009
It’s an inconvenient truth that rising sea levels caused by climate change will render most of the coral atolls of the Pacific uninhabitable by the end of this century. Whole countries like Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Marshall Islands may have to be evacuated. Some atolls are already experiencing flooding as high tides or waves send water flowing right across islands that are less than five meters
Source: South Pacific Travel Blog