Are certain countries doomed to vanish as the oceans rise? As global warming picks up speed and poses an unprecedented challenge to the world community, the possibility of whole peoples losing their territories and identities is no longer only a science fiction scenario.
If warming trends continue, the oceans could rise by nearly one additional meter (39 inches) around the Pacific and Indian Ocean islands by the end of the century
If the sea swallows the Maldives or Tuvalu, does it wipe the country off the map and its citizens with it? This inconceivable loss inflicted by climate change represents an unprecedented pitfall for…