Encroaching Sea Haiku
March 2, 2007 | Posted by Bill Chameides in Science - General
In South Pacific
Two islands, encroaching sea,
Life as known is lost.*
*Kiribati and Tuvalu, two inhabited islands near two uninhabited islands that have already sunk, are preparing for disaster.
2 Responses
Pingback from Climate 411 » Fallacies of Movie Critics - Environmental Defense
March 15th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
[...] The Facts: Climate has changed in the past, true. The difference now is that there are 6 billion people in the world. If millions of people are displaced by rising sea levels (a disaster that is already happening in some places), where will they go? If east coast cities are decimated by storms (think Katrina), what will we do? [...]
Pingback from Climate 411 » South Pacific Island Evacuating Due to Global Warming - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund
October 14th, 2008 at 10:36 am
[...] March 2007, we blogged about the dire situation of the South Pacific islands Kiribati and Tuvalu. The sea is rising due to global warming, and two uninhabited islands nearby have already sunk. Now [...]