Maldives: be swallowed or escape _ sandblasting room

Postcards and tourist information on the Maldives is so interesting, seems like everybody's dream to heaven, but behind the scenes is global warming, sea level rise of land loss crisis. Paradise Island Maldives is facing a situation of being swallowed up by the sea, and the people here will also become the world's first batch of "climate refugees". To prevent future Maldives people displaced, the President of Maldives is planning to purchase a new homeland, the implementation of nationwide relocation plan. Maldives existing population of 38 million, while a total size of 1190 islands, but can for human habitation of the small island of only 250. Maldives male ' the capital of the world's population density of the largest cities, only 2 square kilometers of land were milking approximately 10 million people, one more little contradiction in this island nation is particularly outstanding. While sea level of approximation will make the entire country is at stake. In the 2004 South Asia tsunami, the Maldives was once a 2/3 of the land they were submerged. Global warming, sea level rise, urban disappear, although this is no longer news, but people always think one step away from that now there is at least decades. However, the Maldives, the rise in sea level as long as 1 cm, the consequences will be disastrous. As part of the island, Maldives land an average elevation of only 1.5 m, distance from the sea level the highest Islands in the distance only 2.4 m. Thus, nationals of the Maldives, climate change is not an abstract concept. The newly elected President Shahid also sworn in November last year when the high-profile presidential inauguration, due to sea level rise, Maldives people are faced with the dilemma of mass displacement. A national relocation of was only 41 years old, President Bush said: "we are a small, rely on own 》create is unable to stop global warming, we can only buy land elsewhere. This is to prevent the worst results of insurance policies. "In March of this year, his Government from each of the 10 billion tourism income to fund part of the establishment of a pen" sovereign wealth funds ", used to purchase new homeland, the Maldives 38 million people in the overall removal of the past. Nakhichevan de vision in a lot of people seem to be impractical, or even the Maldives domestic opponents ridiculed as a "childish" and "crazy" to think that this would undermine the Maldives's pillar industries — the image of the tourism industry. In addition, many people are still in the Maldives could not accept the purchase of a new land. But as President Shahid said, look at the major industrial countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, inhibit the speed of global warming, for the Maldives is unrealistic. Nakhichevan de said: "we don't want to leave Maldives, but we also don't want to become a ' climate refugees ' live in temporary tents on for decades. "Similarly, the Pacific Islands Kiribati President has also announced that he would begin looking for suitable land for the migration of nationals of that State. Currently, Nakhichevan de purchase land target locked nearby North-West from Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka because in culture, language, food and climate aspects and Maldives became the preferred approach. The Government of Sri Lanka is also on the Maldives this intention "Cousin". As for Australia, Nakhichevan de saw the country's Northwest a vast uninhabited place, Pyrenees County Mayor of Nakhichevan de ideas welcomed, but soon the Mayor is retiring. Anyhow exaggerated? not everyone thinks that things like na Shahid says so alarmist. New Zealand Auckland University, geomorphology, cockenzie that ruin on the Maldives would be an exaggeration to say that, without any scientific basis. Under his watch, seasonal weather and periodic tidal activities will alter the island's surface, the height of the beaches and Islands. For example, in 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, many beaches on the island is 30 cm overall elevation, thus forming a natural buffer, and individual island of heartland are lifting more than 60 cm. In addition, the "sea level rise" understanding of this concept is also a lot of mistakes. In the measurement of sea surface height, there are many different factors will have a direct impact on results. Such as the Himalayas is located in the South Asian continent, the Indian Ocean plates constantly subduction under the Asia-Europe plate, South Asian continent will gradually be elevation, but sea level height has been reduced. As a result of sea level change is not only concerned about global warming. Don't look at the Maldives Islands with fine, but in fact it's Harbour is the thick limestone, composed of countless generations, including coral, marine microbes bones, almost unbreakable. Robust growth of the coral reef to self up and offset by sea level rise, but if the sea temperature rise too high, the coral provides nutritional symbiosis algae will die, thus affecting coral growth. On the coral reefs, the temperature rise is very dangerous signal. In 1998, El Niño caused a surge of ocean warm, almost "washing" the Maldives of coral. Some scientists believe that as long as the coral propagation speed to keep up with rising sea levels of speed, the Maldives is saved. In Japan with the help of the Government, the Government of Maldives in 2002 in the surrounding area Malé established the seawall and the breakwater, and explicitly prohibit the villagers mining on coral reefs, hopes to enhance the viability of the city. For President Shahid's overall relocation plan, cockenzie thinks is "a political weapon". In michenzi, so high-profile talking about overall relocation will allow people to ignore the real environmental protection work should be done, such as how to protect the islands of scienceResearch. "Carbon and " national as affected by climate change affect one of the largest countries, Costa Rica, Iceland, Monaco, New Zealand, Niue, Norway, the Maldives in March this year, led by the United Nations Environment Programme as the "climate and network" organization in 7 Member States. Then, President Bush announced to the public in Germany, the Maldives will use 10 years to become the world's first "carbon neutral" country. The so-called "carbon and" refers to the people through tree planting, increase the proportion of green energy use or implementation of other environmental protection projects, offset the emissions from the production life of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, in order to achieve the objective of mitigating global warming. According to the plans of the Nakhichevan de, Maldives will be "ten years from the use of oil to use 100% renewable energy." However, in order to achieve that "fundamental changes" is not an easy thing. To this end, Nakhichevan, said: "this century will be completely submerged by the cruel reality, Maldives has only one choice. Realization of environmental protection may have to spend a lot of money, but refused to take action will make us lose the entire earth. "The Maldives Government is working with the international climate and energy experts work closely to develop" carbon and ecological program ". From fossil fuels to renewable energy production of complete transformation, is the key to the ecological projects. The annual cost of nearly $ 100 million. If implemented successfully, the 10 years to pay off. By then the Maldives will no longer be imported oil. As Nakhichevan President said: "since man can walk on the Moon, so we can unite and defeat our common enemies — carbon dioxide. If people can't save the Maldives, so tomorrow we may be too late to save London, New York or Hong Kong. ”