Maldives says Warming Threatening Islands

[rodeodance]

Source: From: Reuters


Published November 7, 2007 12:41 PM
Maldives says Warming Threatening Islands


LISBON - The President of the Maldives on Wednesday called for urgent global action against climate change, saying rising sea levels are threatening the survival of his country's low-lying islands.

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said 80 of his country's 1,200 islands had experienced tidal surges earlier this year, most of which are no more than one meter above sea level.

"Never in our documented history have so many islands been affected to such an extent. These surges were a grim reminder of the devastating tsunami of 2004 and a clear warning of future disasters," Gayoom said at a conference on development and climate change in Lisbon.

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates sea levels to rise between 18-59 centimeters by 2100. Since 80 percent of the Maldives' 1,200 islands are about 1 meter above sea level they could be partly submerged by the end of the century...........

Read more: http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/24311

[shain from kane]

1. I can imagine Rush: "What the Hell, you still got 1,120 islands left."

[lovuian]

2. I have been watching island after island going under

documenting right now the Sundabaran islands Maldives will be next

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3jwnasMc-M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fipPFH8RFRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLf19TXnW4

Its happening now

[ohio2007]

5. Maldives claim to be the canary in the coal mine.

guess all global warming eyes should monitor this area very very closely.
But what is the accepted dealine the Maldives will nose dive under the waves?

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, rodeodance.

[dysfunctional press]

4. some of us may actually get to witness the fall of civilization...maybe even ALL of us.

it's an exciting time to be alive- interesting times definitely lie ahead. :woohoo: