Stephen (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jachyra) wrote in tjvagabond004, |
The whole problem with this is there's no data in the article. There's just anecdotal evidence from a singular mayor from an are heavily dependent on foreign aid. There are no numbers to say how much the water has risen. All we can do is go back to know facts about the Pacific: water levels have been rising 10,000 years, and there seems to be a 22 year cycle where that rise accelerates and decellerate.
We don't even know if rising water is to blame. Maybe increased population is expanding homes into more dangerous locations. Maybe unwise agricultural practices are eroding these tiny atolls away.
We just don't know.
And we don't know because of sloppy, fear-mongering journalism.
We don't even know if rising water is to blame. Maybe increased population is expanding homes into more dangerous locations. Maybe unwise agricultural practices are eroding these tiny atolls away.
We just don't know.
And we don't know because of sloppy, fear-mongering journalism.
