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Running From The Waves in Beijing
Tuvalu's first Olympics may be it's last. The Pacific island-nation faces inundation from rising sea levels and no one knows if its nine coral atolls will still exist for future Olympics. Tuvalu's two track athletes and one weightlifter are gunning for more than gold, reports Planet Ark.
Neighbor island-nation Kiribati has sent three athletes to its second Olympics. But its atolls are also disappearing. Storm surges erode coastlines and contaminate fresh water supplies, and long before the islands go under they'll be uninhabitable.
Think of it as a sneak preview for all coastlines.
Julia Whitty is Mother Jones' environmental correspondent, lecturer, and 2008 winner of the Kiriyama Prize and the John Burroughs Medal Award.
Comments
Tuvalu is in danger now?Wow.Everybody should really act up to protect our earth!
This has been happening for a long time. Why all the fuss now? Oh, right. $$$ for the Global Warming "leaders" so they can get more power and run our lives.
I should have known.
Posted by: RED on 08/16/08 at 5:03 PM Respond
Wouldn't it be nice to send global-warming denier Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) to Tuvalu to rule it, only to have it sink into the sea right under his feet?
Posted by: Serginho on 08/18/08 at 1:44 PM Respond
And that RED join Sen. Inhofe....
Posted by: Serginho on 08/18/08 at 1:45 PM Respond
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