5 South Pacific Islands Have Been Swallowed Up by Rising Sea Levels @alternet

5 South Pacific Islands Have Been Swallowed Up by Rising Sea Levels @alternet:

"Rising sea levels and erosion have caused five islands in the South Pacific to completely disappear, researchers have said.  A further six islands have been partially destroyed by erosion and the phenomenon is already causing human displacement, pushing people out of their coastal communities and further inland."