Global Warming Refuge Discovered Near At-Risk Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati

[Dead_Parrot]

NB: A refuge for fish, not people. The people are screwed.

Scientists predict ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems.

But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a way that mitigates warming near a handful of islands right on the equator.

Those islands include some of the 33 coral atolls that form the nation of Kiribati. This low-lying country is at risk from sea-level rise caused by global warming.

Surprisingly, these Pacific islands within two degrees north and south of the equator may become isolated climate change refuges for corals and fish.

More: http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123999&org=NSF&from=news
Paper (Sub): http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1499.html

[xchrom]

1. Let's hope so - cause moving to Fiji is the

Other alternative.

[Dead_Parrot]

2. For fish?

I think you've mis-read - This is a refuge for things that live in the sea, not the people on the islands. The people are still fucked and have to move.

[xchrom]

3. Ah! I mis-read - I thought there was a chance the atolls

Would not be submerged.

Cue the Captain and Gilligan...

[Nihil]

4. Although it's good news ...

... it's a shame that it has to be publicised as you just *know* that some **** is going
to head across there with their fishing boats ...