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Funny you should mention Tuvalu Peter, I was watching the movie " Heaven Knows Mr Alison" (rob mitchum, deb kerr) the other day, it was filmed there.
Off topic, but who cares, it's my thread. ( are we locking it yet? I know you want to....)
From Wiki
As low-lying islands, lacking a surrounding shallow shelf, the island communities of Tuvalu are especially susceptible to changes in sea level and storm patterns that hit the island undissipated. It is estimated that a sea level rise of 20–40 centimetres (8–16 inches) in the next 100 years could make Tuvalu uninhabitable.[4][5] The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) suggests that while Tuvalu is vulnerable to climate change there are additional environmental problems such as population growth and poor coastal management that are affecting sustainable development on the island. SOPAC ranks the country as extremely vulnerable using the Environmental Vulnerability Index.[6]
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