Carteret Islands

Actually the islands in Dubai that were supposed to be "The World" have been hard hit by the world wide real estate recession.

It's interesting to note this natural paradise is sinking, yet in Dubai they have built a "paradise" island resort. It makes me a little sick.

I am ashamed that my country has done most of the damage but is still in denial that global warming exists. We don't want to look at ourselves.

Very poor comment to say that this is not a result of global warming unless otherwise.

The submergence of these islands could be the result of any number of reasons: global warming, the destruction of outlying protective reefs, the movement of tectonic plates, etc. The issue at hand that we must remain cognizant of, however, is that the world as we've known it is changing...for the worse. How we choose to respond to these changes will well determine if our better days lie ahead, or will sadly remain in our past.

The only place in the world where global warming has caused the ocean to rise over a meter in years. Not even on Bougainville, a few kilometers away, has the ocean risen this much.

Chalk this one up to media sensationalism. ABC news did a story on this atoll 13 March 2007 and blamed it all on rising oceans while the reporter stood in 3-4 feet of water on what was once the site of a house. A tiny little spot surrounded by other atolls and islands which haven't seen this... right.

This is not caused by global warming. The ocean is not rising, the land is eroding. Did any of these people mention how they have been using dynamite to catch fish and have blown two huge chunks out of the reefs that otherwise protected them from the ocean and erosion? Don't blame the global warming boogie monster, blame the laziness and greed of the islanders who ruined their own paradise.

What going to happen to my Cousins?

This is terrible. It's disasterous. Humans should act as responsible citizens of this planet by cutting the Greenhouse gas emissions. Otherwise, we are killing the unheard and the marginalized people. God bless my countrymen and women.