We're All Gonna Die! Pt. 3
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Energy and the Environment
For the third installment of our never-ending series on how global warming will supposedly kill us all, I bring to you the story of a pacific island nation named Kiribati.
Rising sea levels caused by climate change will force the inhabitants of a group of Pacific coral islands to abandon their homes by the end of the century, their president has declared.
Anote Tong, president of the threatened islands in the Republic of Kiribati, has appealed to the international community to take responsibility for rehousing his compatriots.
The Republic of Kiribati is a collection of 32 atolls and one coral reef island, sitting just west of the International Date Line and astride the Equator. The highest land in the island chain is less than 2 metres above water — most of the land is much lower, and flat. As sea levels rise, Kiribati’s 97,000 inhabitants are going to have to find somewhere else to live before 2100, Tong says.
If they aren’t relocated they’re all gonna die!!!
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