Building to Deal with Sea Level Rise – the Maldives Islands

An enlargeable map of the Republic of Maldives (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In an article from HSWire, see Maldives to build floating islands to save country from rising sea levels
August 27,  2012. Afe details:

The Maldives Islands, a low-lying chain of twenty-six atolls in the Indian Ocean, are sinking; more precisely: due to global warming, the sea level is rising over the islands, most of which sit lower than three feet above the rising water; the Maldives government has embarked on an ambitious project: build floating islands, anchor them to the ocean floor, then relocate most of the population of 300,000 – and some of the tourist attractions – to them

Related articles

• Maldives floating island masterplan tests the waters (phys.org)
• Artificial “floating” islands could replace the sinking Maldives [Futurism] (io9.com)
• Floating Housing (And Golf Courses) For Post-Climate Change Island Paradises (fastcoexist.com)

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