Global Warming Affects the Marshall Islands

An 11/25/07 Associated Press article discussed the effects of global warming in Majuro, Marshall Islands. The beach in Laura village, at the tip of the Majuro Atoll, is narrower. Some of the trees are halfway in the ocean. Rising water now washes across the roads, where it never did before. Tuvalu, Kiribati, and other low lying islands have also been affected by global warming, which has caused harsh climate changes. Saufatu Sopoanga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, at the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2003, said "We live in constant fear of the adverse impacts of climate change. For a coral atoll nation, sea level rise and more severe weather events loom as a growing threat to our entire population. The threat is real and serious, and is of no difference to a slow and insidious form of terrorism against us." Tuvalu faces an immediate and serious threat, and yet four years later, little has been done to curb the emissions from automobiles and factories. Entire civillizations are in danger of losing their island homes. Write to legislators, to bring to their attention this critical issue. Visit www.janeresture.com and www.tuvaluislands.com for additional information.