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This is a myth. They did a study last decade that showed Tuvalu is actually gaining landmass. [0] https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html http
by kyleyeats 3y ago
This is a myth. They did a study last decade that showed Tuvalu is actually gaining landmass.
[0] https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html
- primitivesuave 3y agoThe PM at the time took contention to the publication of that article, saying that there was no increase in actual habitable land. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326140508/https://kmt.news/2018/03/19/tuvalu-pm-refutes-aut-research/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190326140508/https://kmt.news/...
- radicalriddler 3y agoYup. The study suggests that it's just the peaks getting higher, which means that even the peaks will become harder to build on as they become steeper.
- radicalriddler 3y agoUseful inhabitable landmass is the question I guess? If it's just the peaks of the island getting higher, then that land becomes increasingly hard to build on.