What is the first sinking country in the world?

Tuvalu is 4.5 meters above sea level. Due to the extremely low terrain, the rising temperature and sea level seriously threaten Tuvalu, which is in danger of sinking into the seabed.

However, according to the research published on February 9, 20 18, the land area of Tuvalu has become larger in the past 40 years. Researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, used satellite images and aerial photos to track the changes in Tuvalu from 197 1 to 20 14, and published the research report in the British magazine Nature Communication.

According to the report, although the sea level in Tuvalu is rising twice as fast as the global average, among the nine atolls and 1, 0 1 keys, eight atolls and nearly three quarters of the keys have expanded, increasing the total land area of Tuvalu by 2.9%.

Global warming is still one of the main threats faced by many island countries and offshore cities, but all parties concerned need to adjust their thinking to deal with the crisis. In the past, many island countries thought that they could not escape the fate of sinking into the sea, and began to explore plans to immigrate to Australia, New Zealand and other countries. It seems that many islands are expected to remain.

From 2065438 to September 2005, New Zealand captured a special "climate refugee". Joan Tedio Tower, a man from Kiribati, a Pacific island country, sought refuge in New Zealand with his family on the grounds that his country was facing the threat of rising sea level. A Kiribati folk delegation made a special trip to New Zealand, pleading with the New Zealand Immigration Bureau for leniency and taking in the family.

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