Sea Level Threat in Tuvalu | Science Publications

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Uma Prasad¹  Awnesh Singh¹  Than Aung¹ 

关键词: sea level;    greenhouse effect;    climate change;    AusAID;    Tuvalu;    Pacific Islands;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajassp.2009.1169.1174

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Problem statement: Recently the impacts of climate change, in particular, sea level rise, had been a major concern for many Pacific island countries. In early 2000, there were a series of media coverage over sea level rise issues using Tuvalu as an example. The daily life of Tuvalu revolves around the ocean and the immediate threat on the islands people, economy, environment and its islands is of concern to the Tuvalu government. The Tuvalu government has concluded that Tuvalu was destined to become the first nation to be sunk by global warming because it is one of the smallest and lowest-lying countries in the world. Approach: In this study, sea level data from the Australian project will be focussed on despite the fact that the length of data is not sufficiently long. The AusAID funded South Pacific Sea Level and climate monitoring project was set up in response to concerns raised by Pacific island countries over the potential impacts of an enhanced greenhouse effect on climate and sea levels in the South Pacific for 20 years. Results: Based upon the 15

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