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Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - holyforest - 2011-10-04
The South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, and the New Zealand territory, Tokelau, both have a few days of water left for their people. Drought has produced extreme weather conditions over the South Pacific for the last year or so. The water shortage is also expected to cause crop problems and food shortages. I wish there was a way I could send some relief to the nation and the territory...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8805520/Second-Pacific-island-running-out-of-drinking-water.html
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - Moonlapse - 2011-10-06
Wow, thats terrible. I'm glad stuff is being done, though.
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - Rick - 2011-10-06
Everybody chill the **** out. I got this.
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - KhainiWest - 2011-10-06
Rick Wrote:Everybody chill the **** out. I got this.
Cat urine doesn't qualify as...just nevermind
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - CrazyForDex - 2011-10-06
article Wrote:Willy Telavi, the Tuvalu prime minister, last month warned the UN that global warming is threatening his country's existence.
Maybe people will start to take global warming a little more seriously now.
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - White - 2011-10-06
CrazyForDex Wrote:Maybe people will start to take global warming a little more seriously now.
It's global climate change. The mayor is clearly behind the times. It's the cyclical nature of the orbit of the earth for there to be periods of more extremes in the weather.
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - CrazyForDex - 2011-10-06
White Wrote:It's global climate change. The mayor is clearly behind the times. It's the cyclical nature of the orbit of the earth for there to be periods of more extremes in the weather.
I am very aware that the world goes through interglacials and periods of warming and cooling. I am also aware that the Earth is currently going through natural global warming processes, the issue is that the amount of CO2 that society is releasing is speeding up this process and may even be taking global temperatures to new heights. I'm not ignorantly assuming that the world is heating up directly because of human influence, but you cannot deny that we as a society are having a negative impact on the environment because of our carbon emissons.
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - White - 2011-10-07
CrazyForDex Wrote:I am very aware that the world goes through interglacials and periods of warming and cooling. I am also aware that the Earth is currently going through natural global warming processes, the issue is that the amount of CO2 that society is releasing is speeding up this process and may even be taking global temperatures to new heights. I'm not ignorantly assuming that the world is heating up directly because of human influence, but you cannot deny that we as a society are having a negative impact on the environment because of our carbon emissons.
I'm going to say that our role in all of this is grossly overstated by fundamentalists and hyperenvironmentalists.
However, I don't want to derail the thread. I believe all countries are going through severe weather and it's just impacting each of them differently. Definitely sucks to be an underdeveloped island nation though, geez bad luck there.
Tuvalu and Tokelau declare state of emergencies due to lack of drinking water - holyforest - 2011-10-08
Well, times are clearly changing whether you believe in climate change or not. I also forgot to mention that Tuvalu is also sinking due to rising sea levels, following the path of Maledives. Both nations are at extreme risk of being under water due to the fact that they both have the lowest points of elevation for any countries in the world. It's quite possible that within the next 100 years, Tuvalu will cease to exist. It's sad you know. Most of these Polynesian peoples have lived without severe natural disturbances for thousands and thousands of years, and now their lifestyles as they know them are being re-written. It's not just Tuvalu experiencing these problems either. Within the last few months, I was also reading about similar issues affecting Kiribati, Nauru, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.