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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: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday February 24 2019, @06:38AM (2 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday February 24 2019, @06:38AM (#805861) Homepage Journal

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @08:14AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @08:14AM (#805870)

    Care? It's not reversible anymore.

    Pretty soon they will migrate from Portlandia to the North Pole.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @11:52AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @11:52AM (#805908)

      Yeah? Well, the jokes on them because that shit is gonna melt.