Where the sea has risen already

Where the sea has risen already

5 MAY 2013

AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands—The deceptively calm waters of Langa Langa Lagoon on the west coast of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands is home to thousands of people who have lived on artificial islands for centuries.

For generations, the islanders in this southwest Pacific nation have employed tenacity and ingenuity to maintain their existence on these tiny low-lying man-made atolls, devoid of freshwater and arable land. But climate change is now the greatest threat to their survival.

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Source: Business Mirror

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