Islands Threatened by Rising Sea Levels

The Maldives at 1.5 m average elevation could be uninhabitable by 2100. Kiribati has already purchased land in Fiji. Tuvalu may be the first country to disappear.

Marshall Islands are flooding regularly. Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea are being evacuated. Jakarta on Java is sinking 25 cm/year.

Over 1,000 islands could be submerged this century..