"First Official Climate Change Refugees Evacuate Their Island Homes for Good": http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/04/06/first-official-climate-change-r

"First Official Climate Change Refugees Evacuate Their Island Homes for Good": http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/04/06/first-official-climate-change-refugees-evacuate-their-island-homes-for-good/ http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/04/06/first-offic... "Though some would blame the islands’ sinking on shifting tectonic plates, Australia’s National Tide Facility has measured an annual rise of 8.2 mm in sea level on the islands in every year they’ve monitored—which, coupled with climate change’s propensity towards making weather patterns more sever, places climate change as at least a major contributor to the island’s submersion. "