In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 ...

Much of Kiribati (pronounced KEE-ree-bas) lies only several feet above sea level. According to predictions ... sea levels will rise 0.85 to 2.5 feet. If the earth warms by 2°C, sea levels will ...

Aquaculture ponds fill a reclaimed area beside the airport on Tarawa, Kiribati’s capital and its most densely populated atoll. Much of Tarawa is less than eight feet above sea level and risks ...

If sea level rise proceeds beyond one meter ... Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati and Tokelau, affecting half a million people. Many times more will be affected in large coastal cities.

The cost of physical adaptation, by building seawalls in urban centres, house raising and inland relocation, for a sea level rise of up to 0.5 metres, was estimated at $3.7 billion for Kiribati ...

Kiribati gained independence from the United ... are said to be able to respond to changes in sea level. Gradual sea-level ...

she didn’t have much choice — rising sea levels and the increased frequency of extreme weather had made her home in the small South Pacific nation of Kiribati unlivable. In the documentary ...