Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the south pacific

[Demovictory9]

[ffr]

1. So much going on in this video story.

His family of 12? How many kids do you need? Global warming is caused by humans. Adding humans to the planet is not a solution!

They're taking coral from the low tide island barrier, killing the coral that provides the barrier? They should have coral sanctuaries, places where coral can multiply.

This other group has to roll their fossil fuel powered boat to the water, because fossil fuels have added carbon greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, which have caused sea-level rise. That's not helping matters.

Look at all the fossil fuel products in this video! Rubber tires, rubber tubs, rubber inner-tubes, plastics, and trash all over. Not to cast stones, but if they're going to blame others, shouldn't they have a higher standard?

It's sad to see all of it.

[Demovictory9]

3. Yes..lots going on in the video..seeing them harvest the coral for sea walls

Made me cringe a bit

But i cant blame them for using all resources at their command to save their.homes

What they really need is a dredger to move sand in and build up the land

[Hekate]

8. I presume "Family of 12" includes extended family: grandparents, aunties & uncles, cousins...

Nuclear families are mostly a Western thing.

[Hekate]

9. Right, this small population should return to the Stone Age, & that would take care of everything.

No floaty inner-tubes for you, kids! And tell your fathers and uncles to learn how to paddle their own canoes made from local materials.

Think.

[Warpy]

2. Short term, yes, but maybe not a done deal

It seems the Pacific islands are a lot more complicated than we thought. There might be hope for Kiribati, although not yet.

'Sinking' Pacific nation is getting bigger: study

The Pacific nation of Tuvalu—long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels—is actually growing in size, new research shows.

A University of Auckland study examined changes in the geography of Tuvalu's nine atolls and 101 reef islands between 1971 and 2014, using aerial photographs and satellite imagery.

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html

[Demovictory9]

4. good to know. thx for additional info

[Warpy]

6. There's a good article on National Geographic, also

but there's an annoying nag screen. This one was second best.

Note that the new land isn't usable land and won't be for some time to come, while the usable land is still being flooded.

[msongs]

7. unfortunately article does not talk much about how/why the islands are growing

[Warpy]

10. Other articles I read said they thought it was a combination

of sand dredged up on faster currents and hypergrowth of coral as new areas become submerged. Bottom line, they don't really know, they just have the aerial photos going back a few decades to tell them land is being added, not subtracted.

[burrowowl]

5. Kick very interesting