Islands in Danger of Destruction

Observations since the mid-19th century, though convoluted, show a global average of about 20cm/8 inches in that time. Some coral atolls in the Pacific Island nations of Micronesia are already disappearing due to global warming. Some island nations that disappear beneath the waves within this century are: Maldives, Kiribati and Tuvalu.

The onsets of increasingly frequent and fierce cyclones or hurricanes are physically weakening the islands, causing them to sink bit-by-bit. To some island nations, even a 0.5cm/1/8 inch increase in sea level could half the nation. The most populous island threatened to be disappeared within the next 5 to 10 years is New Guinea and its mirror twin Papua New Guinea. Home to many of the last "undiscovered" tribes, many of their small islands are expected to be underwater by 2012.

Spreading Deserts In Agricultural Regions

The chaotic weather that typifies the direct impacts of climate change is causing worldwide weather transformation; leading to weather that is either far too wet or far too dry. There is no longer weather of a happy medium. As a result many areas are facing the threat of rapid and irreversible desertification.

The most evident of this is happening in China where the expansion of Gobi desert into formerly productive agricultural regions is taking place at uncontrollable speed. Even with a massive effort to stop the spread of sands, years of poor rainfall are enough to thwart these efforts.

Climate Change Creates Environmental Refugees

Migration away from storm, flood, fire and desert ravaged areas will cause great pressures on resources and natural environments. Island nations in South Pacific that are disappearing after inundation with rising sea waters are seeing mass exodus of their citizens. These environmental refugees can clearly attribute their troubles to global warming, caused by climate change

Environment Migration Is The Next Wave

Over the 1960s migration of populations is causing demographics changes. The massive amount of development in coastal areas over the whole world is now a cause to be worried. They are now the majority part of worldwide vast population of vulnerable people. It is thought that as many as 40% of the people on earth could be displaced if seas rose half as high as some estimates. Environmental migration will be on the rise in this century.

Re-shaping Of Societies For Broken Nations

The movement of these environment migrants will have great impact to the places where they move to. People who are not used to being so closely crowded together will feel threatened. On the other hand, when the migrants from island nations founded on a given belief loose their homeland, they want to be able to settle at another place where they can freely practice their beliefs? Attempts at nation-building in the past have not met with resounding success, to say the least.