Entire Island Nation Runs Out of Water

Entire Island Nation Runs Out of Water:
Water-strapped Tuvalu. Photo credit: mrlns via Flickr/CC BY

Climate change largely to blame
It's a particularly bad time to live in a low-lying island nation. With global warming continuing unmitigated, rising sea levels and increasingly violent storms aren't just dangerous. They're existential threats. Island nations like Tuvalu and Maldives have become famous in recent years for their impassioned pleas for action on climate change. And the mental image these nations' plights are capable of conjuring -- entire countries disappearing...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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