Excessive-rise cities on two or three reclaimed islands, as much as 6 meters above sea degree, may safe the long-term way forward for the Maldives within the face of local weather change.
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February 21, 2023
Hulhumalé, a brand new island within the Maldives constructed to resist sea degree rise Xinhua/Alamy Inventory Picture
Consider the Maldives and also you in all probability consider an idyllic white sand seashore surrounded by palm bushes and seashore hammocks.
However the way forward for this 1190-island nation, if it is to deal with rising sea ranges, may very well be one in every of high-rise condo blocks and skyscraper workplaces.
Greater than 80 p.c of the nation’s land is lower than 1 meter above sea degree, provides him the bottom land…
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