Global warming: sealevels are rising in the South Pacific and set to rise higher.
New Internationalist › Nbr. 1997, September 1997
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Global warming: sealevels are rising in the South Pacific and set to rise higher.
Sealevels are rising in the South Pacific and set to rise higher. Patrick Nunn explains why the islands are so vulnerable.
THE PACIFIC most tourists see is the stuff of fantasy. Behind the veneer, however, lie environments under considerable stress. The worst symptoms of this stress have been caused by resource mismanagement and the never-ending search for export dollars. But another problem looms large over Pacific island nations as they struggle to sustain themselves into the twenty-first century -- and that is global warming. The evidence th...See the full content of this document
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