Drowning Paradise Island Nation Facing Extinction
2,856 views · Published 21 November 2013 · 1:24 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: Bloomberg Originals · 2013 · News & Politics
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The Pacific island nation of Kiribati looks like a paradise but its days are numbered. As global climate change causes the oceans to rise, these low-lying atolls are losing ground with each passing year...but Kiribati faces a more immediate crisis: the encroaching saltwater is poisoning the freshwater supply, which could turn Kiribati's mostly impoverished citizens into refugees within a few years. The remarkable images and facts about Kiribati. (Source: Bloomberg)
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