The toll of climate change, from US to the Marshall Islands: 'No one's an exception'
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- If global temperatures rise more than 1.5C, the Marshall Islands are likely to disappear.
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The thin atolls scattered across the Pacific Ocean are already seeing regular flooding and droughts directly related to climate change. More Marshallese are leaving in search of dry land, with nearly one-third of the population currently in the US. Many fear that with the exodus, their culture will be lost to a country that has already taken so much from them.
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In middle school, my class had pen pals from the Marshall Islands. Sometimes I still think about her and wonder how she's doing...
There are lots of uninhabited islands in the North Pacific why didn't they use those to test?
When that day comes to an end to our island, just how long can we all hold on to our culture. We have Marshallese people here in the US who have troubles speaking the language.
Hard working beautiful people is all I see!
Love your body for your soul rather than things on Earth.
I'm not sure climate change isn't cyclical. I do know cleaner energy and waste needs to change. And my heart goes out to these people. Sorry for treating your people terribly. But you won't be the first or last culture this government destroys.
You may not be sure, but climate scientists actually know what they are doing and saying. No where in history do we see evidence that climate has changed so fast. Our reliable records go back about 2 million years.
my respect to Marshallese people
100 % sure these islands will disappear. Number one reason, erosion. That close to sea level every wave takes some of the island away. They are living on the the remains of a volcano. Soft rock that was eroded away by being blasted by waves and sand. A coral reef formed around this extinct , eroded away volcano. Coral reefs are different than volcanic rock. They are an under water " organism".
The next paragraph I took from a web site.
Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of coral, which are marine invertebrate animals. The coral species that build coral reefs are known as hermatypic or"hard" corals because they extract calcium carbonate from seawater to create a hard, durable exoskeleton that protects their soft, sac-like bodies.
This coral reef that once thrived under water is now exposed to different oxygen levels and uv rays and not capable to rebuild and maintain it's structure.
I’m impressed
Islands still here 7yrs later😂😂😂
just curious, why out of all states they decide to go to Arkansas?
Truly enjoyed watching it. :D
wow great editing...
Can someone tell me what month & year this video came out?
Mary Nolan it came out September 19/20 2016
How long do folks have to respond?
This sucks because everyone is living to another country and one day I will come back
Beautiful humble speaking 🙏☝️⚜️💯
it never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people have no idea how serious the changes related to climate change are... Places like the Marshall Islands are done for. people the first world are under some illusion that if we drive Prius cars and recycle we can stop by the change. the problem is we have release too much heat into the environment. we will all experience massive changes many of us will die because of these changes do to scarcity comma War comma disease cetera
media.
and $$$.
...sigh...
It's a myth that coral atolls are sinking due to anthropogenic sea level rise for two reasons.
First, coral atolls only exist because the underlying volcano is sinking into the sea floor. The reefs and islands are extensions of the reefs that ringed the volcanic island when it first formed thousands of years ago. The atoll islands, which are constantly appearing, disappearing, and moving, are deposits of coral debris thrown up in storms and will persist until eroded away. If you pave over one of these islands and build on it, such as was done in the Maldives, this will prevent replenishment and it will sink. This would happen even if global sea level wasn't rising.
Second, there has been no anthropogenic sea level rise. This is well documented both in the global tide gauge records and in several recent peer-reviewed papers. Whatever is causing sea level to rise now was causing it to rise at the same rate during the Lincoln administration. It isn't caused by CO2 emissions so stopping CO2 emissions would have no effect.
George Applegate don't get too close to those Coral you might sail off the edge of the Earth...
John Dow
Look it up if you don't believe me. A recent survey by Kench of satellite images over decades has shown that 14% of uninhabited islands have shrunk, 43% have stayed the same, and 43% have grown. Many have moved significantly. Or are you a science denier?
George Applegate I'm not going to waste my time chasing down anti-climate change reports I don't need to go look up some esoteric report that's way off in the corner of the internet when I could just go on to the internet and look at the Arctic Circle and see that the ice is the lowest it's ever been every year is hotter than the last every month is harder than the last excetera excetera and so on it is simple chemistry and thermodynamics more heat equals hotter Earth if you change the chemical composition of our atmosphere guess what you change the environment it becomes hotter or colder depending on how you change the chemistry people arguing against climate change are dumb as dumb can possibly be you might as well lead a crusade Against Gravity
3:45 worlds first group dab holy *shit*
that waving is kind of.. _I don't know_
Or any where
Cool
bless the marshall islands
how they lossing the culture it may evolved but it the old folk keep teaching the young it more harder to disapiar as the Italian or Chinese it evolved but never disappear
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I been To the Marshall islands
Nice
sad
So, exactly how much has the ocean level in the Marshall Islands risen since the end of WW2, one inch, a foot, ten feet or one hundred feet?
The Daily Caller in March(?) said latest studies show maybe a rise of just a hair over 9 inches in the next 100 years!
Cite an actual, peer-reviewed scientific journal, not a website with dubious credentials.
Better learn to adapt as your ancestors did. Just be happy that the rate of sea level rise is much less than it used to be and will continue to decrease as the world enters a cooling period.
Come to Hawaii or California. So much love for Marshallese in Hawaii. Yeah I know there's a few in Arkansas but California and Hawaii is better
lols there's A LOT in Arkansas
"So much love for Marshallese in Hawaii"
Highly disagree with that after experiencing it firsthand.
@@islandguy6928 ... I have seen people in Hawaii give mad love and support. But there are bad people everywhere you go. So it's not a one sided thing. I was only speaking my truth
Come to Guam 🇬🇺
Time to move !
13 dislikes ? riin jinomi
Yes, I do not like it! I jump dislikes!
Hahahhahah kojaam konan rotne?
Bwahah ej emman wot
Kwalok Manit Jab ire ijin.
Wehrer!!! Yokwe Yok!!!
To majuro
Colonized, just like Puerto Rico.
It's inevitable what's to become of my homeland. We have grown Americanized, equipped with better education and skills needed to thrive and contribute to our communities. My people are more adaptive than people will ever imagine, we are genetically programmed as survivors of hardships. Absorb knowledge for one day maybe you and I will be able stop rising sea levels. Rita Majuro I long for her beauty.
Alpha Bravo Though I oppose climate change, I agree with you on how we're adaptive to hardships. Much love from a brother from Lib.
Or loij
Ok..I will do nuclear medicine study,sonar finder, WBBS..god..I am crying
Marshall Islands still standing in 2024😂😂😂
Come on your welcome here your Americans. You welcomed us.
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its the government fault.
That is why we need a big transformation from fossil fuel to renewable energy...
it's way to late to save the huge Greenland glacier and the domesday glacier in Antarctica
Palagi plague
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10:47 The young lady turn me on the way she dance.. lol!
If you are from the marshall iland you need to coment iakwa and btw i from the marshall iland
Out of all the places in the world why Arkansas? Arkansas is boring! San Diego, Ca or Hawaii would of been better. Viva Marshall Islands💞💞💞💞
Go to Nauru 🤣
Atolls and small islands also eventually sink. They’re what’s left of ancient volcanoes. They erode, and eventually disappear. Doesn’t ALWAYS have to be about climate change and oceans rising. Those island were really high at one point, and eroded to what they are today long before climate change.
7:41 why does she have a deeper voice than the narrator lol
I'm Marshallese and I oppose the Climate Change narrative.
I'm guessing you're not one of the smart ones.
Then we disown you.Majority of Marshallese believe in climate change we're witnessing it in our own land.
100 years to the future.
American: what is your nationality?
Marshallese: Marshall Islands.
American: where is that?
Marshallese: .......huh..??? IDK..
Me as ghosts roaming around US looking for home. Sad. Hahaha
We will know you guys are serious when you stop mass immigration, moving people with high birth rates from low emission country’s to high emission country’s on mass is probably the worst thing you could do for the climate. I care deeply about environment but it’s making it very hard to believe you guys actually care when we see the people pushing the narrative, flying in private jets and advocating for open borders.
We,as a people always considered ourselves the most vurnerable that are still contributing a lot to carbon emission or climate change...
and now Trump wants to kick out the Marshallese from us..
Einstein must be crying because invention of the atomic bomb
Man, I tell ya. As long as I could have a motocross bike, a supply of running shoes, and some weed. I would absolutely love to live there. That is until the average temp. raises 1.5 degrees. I can't believe that even educated people just put off climate change. It's obvious as the nose on your face that it's gonna fuck shit up for good.
Yes...because all of their predictions have come true thus far. Oh wait, you mean none of the predictions came true? Never Mind.
They don't need to sue. They come to the US (Hawaii) have 5 kids each and live on welfare their whole lives. I'm interested to see how they treated the islands before all of this because they sure don't respect the Hawaiian islands.
Stfu!!..I heard over there in Hawaii pretty much all the Hawaiians, men and women are obesity (big)lmao...
What does lmao mean?
@@kaybower8539 really?? You don't know what that means??
They say its nice over there...its fuckin ugly..dey dont even have mountains or water falls..and they talk funny😂😂😂