Vanuatu

The following response was made to a commenter's reply to my comment on a post concerning sea level rise.

Hey Boo-boo, always liked you. Yogi’s conscience. Good choice for a moniker. Thanks for the opportunity to do a little research on Vanuatu: home to Survivor 2004 and frequent recipient of earthquakes - 8 in the last week alone. It appears to me that the people of Vanuatu have read what Dr. Vincent Gray has to say about sea level in the Pacific Islands. http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/pacific_island_sea_levels_are_not_rising/.

Their reassurance has led them to build resorts and market them as places to get away from global warming. Go figure. http://blog.paradizo.com/private-islands/ratua-vanuatu-private-island-vacation/

Apparently, Cate Blanchett, who has purchased beachfront property in Sydney, also has purchased in Vanuatu. Guess she isn’t expecting an oceanic uprising, at least, not while she is alive.  http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/cate-blanchetts-island-buy-in-vanuatu-ignores-rising-seas/story-e6frfmvr-1226070683300

Of course, when there is money available, there will be recipients with their hands out. Vanuatu is no exception. http://thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/5114-tanzania-gets-sh44bn-from-eu-to-fight-climate-change.html

With low lying islands there is always the problem of trying to figure out whether the land is rising or sinking.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,707884,00.html


Toodaloo. 

Some supplementary information on the response of low lying atolls to sea level rise can be found here.