glug glug...there go the islands

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In a message dated 8/18/03 3:13:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Heartwork writes:

 

 

It's a frightening thought. Any idea how long it's supposed to take?

 

 

its already happening

The UN had aid they might have to evacuate certain low lying pacific isalnds within the decade

its not just the rising sea water will inundate them, they also are more open to storms, and the rising ocean level destroys fresh water levels and....

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Earlier this summer, President Bush shocked

nobody by announcing that he supports further

research -- but no action -- to combat global

warming. Bush's go-slow, industry-friendly plan

will offer little solace to the residents of Funafuti

atoll. The 5,000 people who live on the sliver of

sand which just breaks the ocean's surface face

the undeniable reality of global warming. As Julia

Whitty reports, the residents of Funafuti, along with

the roughly 1 million people live on coral islands

worldwide, " are likely destined to become the

world's first global-warming refugees. "

 

http://mojournal2.c.tclk.net/maabmj2aaZUoIbakgFXb/g

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It's a frightening thought. Any idea how long it's supposed to take?Jo

 

 

 

Earlier this summer, President Bush shocked nobody by announcing that he supports further research -- but no action -- to combat global warming. Bush's go-slow, industry-friendly plan will offer little solace to the residents of Funafuti atoll. The 5,000 people who live on the sliver of sand which just breaks the ocean's surface face the undeniable reality of global warming. As Julia Whitty reports, the residents of Funafuti, along with the roughly 1 million people live on coral islands worldwide, "are likely destined to become the world's first global-warming refugees." http://mojournal2.c.tclk.net/maabmj2aaZUoIbakgFXb/g

 

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