Halfway between Hawaii and Australia, the tiny island country of - TopicsExpress



          

Halfway between Hawaii and Australia, the tiny island country of Tuvalu is only an average of 6.6 feet above sea level--low enough that it will likely be one of the first countries to be flooding by rising oceans, maybe as soon as 30 years from now. Already, rising saltwater is starting to poison local drinking water supplies and kill gardens. Now, a family from the island has been granted residency in New Zealand, in part because of climate change.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:28:06 +0000

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