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

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: 1) by khallow on Monday February 25 2019, @05:53AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 25 2019, @05:53AM (#806221) Journal

    30 years ago they were predicting these islands, a third of Florida, and most coastal cities in the world were going to to be underwater by 2020.

    Seriously, who is "they"? I think we have better things to do than consider bad predictions [climatecentral.org] from hysterical idiots.