Naked Science Forum
Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: dkv on 01/10/2007 09:56:25
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The ancient country or Tuvalu is going to disappear.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,505819,00.html
(http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,505819,00.html)
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There is nothing new about this - islands have always been created and submerged, and at other times islanders have lost their lands for other reasons (e.g. to make room for nuclear test sites - not justifying this, merely documenting that it happened).
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Tuvalu is a country.
Tuvalu means Standing Eight to serve the Almighty.
Tuvalu had a rich cultural history.
It was short lived.
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Half the UK is going to disappear too. As will most of Holland, Belgium, Northern France and an area across almost to the Rhein valley. That will inconvenience a lot more people than the population of Tuvalu. (Not that the disappearance of Tuvalu is trivial; I'm just trying to add perspective)
Then, of course, there are places like Bangladesh where tens of millions more people will be affected.
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A quick look at the capital (and other major) cities of the world shows that the species is in trouble.
It's a pity that our politicians based in such places as London and Washington don't realise this. I guess they will. The houses of parliament and the Whitehouse are both about 12 m above sea level.