Tuvalu - the global warming front


	Tuvalu - the global warming front

solitonix

3-3-2008 8:06 AM

434 views

solitonix says:

Tuvaluans face the possibility of being among the first climate refugees

1 Comment |

Add a Comment

3-3-2008 12:40 PM

willhelm

Global temps have been going up since 1998.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from March 3, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0543ea1a-4f42-4c7a-8f71-4b91736777c5/21C1874E-CED5-48EA-B0BB-727690DEE1C2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html" href="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html"><H2>Warming Winds, Rising Tides: Tuvalu</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html"><P><IMG width="360" height="214" align="left" alt="Tuvalu" src="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/../images/TuvaluAerial4654Th.jpg" />The 
        11,000 Tuvaluans live on nine coral atolls totaling 10 square miles scattered 
        over 500,000 square miles of ocean south of the equator and west of the 
        International Dateline.  Tuvalu is the smallest of all nations, except 
        for the Vatican.  Tuvalu has no industry, burns little petroleum, 
        and creates less carbon pollution than a small town in America.  
        This tiny place nevertheless is on the front line of climate change.  
        The increasing intensity of tropical weather, the increase in ocean temperatures, 
        and rising sea level  -- all documented results of a warming atmosphere 
        -- are making trouble for Tuvalu.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html">This 
        February, the tides were driven against the shore by unusual westerly 
        winds, and there was increasing erosion. The main asphalt road is only 
        about 10 km long, yet it runs right along the lagoon in many places and 
        was covered in water and coral rocks thrown up by the tide. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/img/4CAB168C-2290-4E26-94F1-C25BBDF2C7B2" alt="Tuvalu" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/img/FA26FF08-D32A-45CD-88B1-8AA519BA41E4" alt="Tuvalu kids" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/img/B503FD68-8D0D-4DFE-92FD-AE88B9795F49" alt="Tuvalu house" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html">Tuvaluans 
        face the possibility of being among the first climate refugees</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/21C1874E-CED5-48EA-B0BB-727690DEE1C2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips