The Worlds First Climate Refugees (Sort Of) - A family from Tuvalu, a tiny island that could be flooded in just a few decades, has been granted residency in New Zealand.Halfway between Hawaii and Australia, the tiny island country of Tuvalu is only an average of 6.6 feet above sea level--low enough that it will likely be one of the first countries to be flooding by rising oceans, maybe as soon as 30 years from now. Already, rising saltwater is starting to poison local ... ow.ly/2LOGCT
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:04:48 +0000