Website review: NPR: Maldives Builds Barriers to Gl...
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parvez discovered 5 months ago- R ead about 1 country's fight against warming and water and what the beautiful island of Maldives is doing to adapt.There is a MODEL here!
- CynAmun rated 3 months ago
- Maldives Builds Barriers to Global Warming The Republic of Maldives was one of the first countries to recognize the danger of rising sea levels. It's also one of the first to come up with a plan to adapt to a warmer world. A Flood-Resistant Island You catch a ferry from a part of Male where motorcycles clog the narrow streets and fishermen gut their morning catch on the sidewalk. A few minutes later, you arrive in a brand new world, the island of Hulhumale. It's an artificial island built by engineers, not volcanoes. When the ferry arrives, you step up onto this island. The streets are straight and wide. There's a new hospital, new schools, new government buildings, new apartments -- all several feet higher than the rest of the Maldives. The flood-resistant island was created by a huge dredge that sucked up sand from the ocean floor and disgorged it into a shallow lagoon. Eventually, Hulhumale rose from the waters.
- meatbot rated 5 months ago
- With Maldives being one of the flattest island regions they're going to have to implement a plan to save their islands as the ocean levels rise due to global warming. Their solution is to build an island which seems to be a popular solution these days. Island nations in the middle east are doing similar things. The only problem I see is $Money$ I guess it IS cheaper to do this sort of thing now rather than pick up the pieces after the fact. Prevention and foresight will be the most helpful allies to survival in this increasingly chaotic world.
- sotiriskoukios rated 5 months ago
- a small island country with very serious politicians
