Tebua- gone for good?
- Created by: Anoush
- Created on: 11-01-16 14:15
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- Tebua- gone for good?
- Lay off Tarawa Atoll, on the extreme Western edge of the nation of Kiribati.
- A group of islands stretching across the Pacific in an area nearly as wide as the USA.
- Kiribati consists of very low-lying sand and mangrove islands, one metre or less above sea level in most places.
- Its population is 92 500. Economically, Kiribati is even smaller.
- Its GDP is equal to 3000 average Americans.
- Its exports consist mainly of coconut flesh, used to make soaps and oils.
- Its GDP is equal to 3000 average Americans.
- Kiribati is disappearing. Its beaches are flat and barely 500 metres wide
- So eroded by storms that sand has been imported from Au to maintain them.
- Many families have moved, dismantling their wooden homes and rebuilding them further inland.
- Gradually, people are squeezed into a narrow ***** of land between the lagoon and Pacific.
- More people are leaving, becoming the World's first environmental refugees.
- Gradually, people are squeezed into a narrow ***** of land between the lagoon and Pacific.
- Many families have moved, dismantling their wooden homes and rebuilding them further inland.
- So eroded by storms that sand has been imported from Au to maintain them.
- Its population is 92 500. Economically, Kiribati is even smaller.
- Where will Kiribati's population go?
- Kiribati's president, Anote Tong, warned Au and New Zealand (the 2 developed nations in the region) to prepare for a mass exodus within the next decade.
- 17 000 islanders have applied for residence in NZ in 2004-2005 compared with 4000 in 2003.
- Accepting large numbers of refugees could be a political problem.
- Why did Tebua disappear?
- Tebua's disappearance is one of the many signs of GW occurring.
- Since 1920, temperatures in the southwest Pacific have risen by 1C, although the world has warmed by 0.6C in 1920.
- Tebua's disappearance is one of the many signs of GW occurring.
- In Micronesia, sea level has risen by 21.4mm every year since 2001.
- The USA creates 25% of global GHG emissions.
- The worst effects of rising sea level will be felt by the World's poorest countries, which make only the tinniest contribution and are less equipped to cope.
- As if GW wasn't enough...
- On 13 jan 2007, an earthquake off the coast of Japan, which measured 8.2, triggered a tsunami alert in Kiribati, 3000 miles away.
- Kiribati facts:
- Life expectancy at birth- 65.8% in 2013 and 64.8% in 2005.
- Annual GDP growth: -0.2% in 2005 and 3.7% in 2014.
- Lay off Tarawa Atoll, on the extreme Western edge of the nation of Kiribati.
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