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Which is ironic in some ways since even a complete end to climate change wouldn't make Tuvalu a reasonable place to try to live. Poor soil, no fresh ground wate
by nybble41 5y ago
Which is ironic in some ways since even a complete end to climate change wouldn't make Tuvalu a reasonable place to try to live. Poor soil, no fresh ground water, minimal other resources, and even without sea levels rising the islands would still be sinking. Islands like this come and go (on geological time scales) independent of any human-induced climate change. When they're no longer viable the residents migrate somewhere else. I'm not trying to downplay the real disruption involved for the very small group that's made their home there for the past few centuries, but they're not victims of climate change to any meaningful degree; this is simply how life works for people who settle in places like Tuvalu.