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Marshall Islands Consider Radical Measures to Survive Rising Sea Levels

posted by martyb on Sunday February 24 2019, @01:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the I've-got-a-sinking-feeling-about-this dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Phys.org:

The far-flung Marshall Islands needs to raise its islands if it is to avoid being drowned by rising sea levels, President Hilda Heine has warned.

Plans are underway for national talks on which of the 1,156 islands, scattered over 29 coral atolls, can be elevated in a dramatic intervention to ensure safety on the islands.
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Most of the islands are less than two metres (6.5 feet) above sea level and the government believes physically raising the islands was the only way to save the Marshall Islands from extinction.

Is the solution a viable one, or are the Marshallese more likely to join the Sea Gypsies?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @01:38AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @01:38AM (#805809)

    Time for piracy! Ah, life on the open sea, preying on the weak landlubbers, taking all their jewels and doubloons! Aye, that's what they should to, lest they be swallowed up and sink to Davy Jones' Locker!

  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday February 24 2019, @04:05AM (1 child)

    by captain normal (2205) on Sunday February 24 2019, @04:05AM (#805833)

    Pirates had a tendency to not live very long.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @11:55AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @11:55AM (#805909)

      Now, now. Don't discourage the lad. Let him go live his dream.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday February 24 2019, @04:54AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday February 24 2019, @04:54AM (#805840) Homepage Journal

    "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

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