Pohnpei, Micronesia - Experiences of Global Warming

Ben Namakin from Pohnpei, Micronesia documents the impacts of climate change on his island home in the North Pacific. Ben is a WWF Climate Witness (www.panda.org/climatewitness/namakin).

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• climatechange
• globalwarming
• micronesia
• pacific
• island
• climatewitness
• environment

[rteelan]

PS- Climatewitness, Pohnpei is actually North Pacific, not South since it lies above the equator. Just an FYI. Thanks for the video. More people world wide need to know about the plight of these smaller islands.

[climatewitness]

Hello there thanks so much for picking that up about being in the North and have changed the description. Amazing that vid has been on our site for ages and no one not event us noticed that.

Cheers Claire

[rteelan]

I was a Peace Corps Volunteer on Ta Island in the outer island of Chuuk and we had some tides that had actually flooded the school grounds... Nobody had seen the tide that far before. And, like Ben said, the taro patches are getting too much salt in them and ruining crops. Taro is a major source of food in all of Micronesia. Another problem for the outer islands is erosion... I'm not sure if the main islands are experiencing the the same issue here. Global warming has everything to do with it.

[climatewitness]

Hi again great to hear your own experiences of the impacts that Ben shared with us. Helps to add to Ben story. Thanks and cheers Claire

[climatewitness]

Hey there people. Sorry have not been able to check in for a while. I do not know what sone it is but will Skype Ben Namakin and find out.

Thanx to everyone for all the comments & glad that Ben home vid has provided some insight into the plight of island life due to climate change.

Cheers Claire

[85darson]

That look scary but PNI will b all right

[joberz143]

hey..samat pwe i noe all them folks in ther...dahker...jason ape nan tipwen..

[SKIRRMAT]

Other than a sitational video I dare you to provide any documents of this and compare the last 15 - 20 years. I think Global crisis is hog wash. we do need to be aware of our impact on our environment but dont need to go off the "left" cliff.

[JadeJacobsohn]

I agree that this is a massive issue which is certainly not given nearly enough attention. I'm an environmental anthropology student. I really want to find out more. Get involved. Do some fieldwork and research. Help get the word out. Any advice on who to contact How to get involved?

[Mr808dakine]

i don't know wud da fuck is our gov't doing? all our congressmen are not doin n e fuckn thing about this.... Pohnpeian...! Stand up now! make a difference...