Rising Sea Levels in Kiribati

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Kiribati is a small island nation in the South Pacific. One of the most loy-lying and isolated countries on the planet, scientists fear it is in danger of disappearing from rising sea levels in the next 50 years. The highest point on many of the islands is just two metres above sea level. While rising ocean sea levels are threatening to shrink Kiribati’s land area, increase storm damage, destroy its crop growing lands and ultimately displace its people long before the islands are submerged.

Victims of the world’s frenzied and systematic exploitation of natural resources, the future of Kiribati people remains in question.