Protecting Micronesia | Global Ideas

It's the small island-nations in the Pacific Ocean that suffer most from climate change: On the Marshall Islands, on Palau and other Micronesian islands, people are faced with steadily rising sea levels. Coasts are eroding and drinking water is becoming scarce. But the world is barely aware of the problem. In this island paradise, a fight against time has begun.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Deutsche
• Welle
• climate
• global
• ideas
• Micronesia
• island
• rising
• sea
• levels

[RiseTheSnow]

@crc0310 YOU SO FUNNY.

[crc0310]

Hello everybody I understand that u guys live on a small island but if ur island sinking and I want you guys to move to chuuk cuz we have some place 4 u

[lostbuffalo]

How come they say the oceans are rising in some places and in other places it the opposite...

maybe the land is sinking as other land is rising. i

[spdzodzo]

a-ha! so 2 desalination plants are not enough but you can clearly see one of the taps dripping precious water! they're irresponsible, so they should face consequences

[ZEUS8O8]

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