Tegua
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Tegua is an island in Vanuatu's Torres Islands chain. 100 residents of Tegua were evacuated by the government because rising sea levels were flooding their island. The flooding is thought to be linked to global warming.[citation needed]
One geological study found that of four islands in the group, Tegua had the slowest inferred uplift rate at 0.7 mm/yr for southeastern Tegua. A "narrow E-W trending block has been down-dropped relative to the rest of the isle.
Please note that not all experts agree global warming may be a factor. As discussed by Patrick J. Michaels, the author of several books on climate change, in this article: [1] According to submarine data and satellite imagery, Tegua has not had any sea level rise in the last 50years. He also states that a United Nations intergovernmental panel reports a declining frequency in tropical storms in the South Pacific in recent decades. Although the Tegua island issue has been taken up by many environmentalists, there is room for doubt as to what the real problem is. This of course does not diminish in anyway the global warming problem "[1]
[edit] References
- ^ TAYLOR, F. W.; C. JOUANNIC, AND A. L. BLOOM (1985). "QUATERNARY UPLIFT OF THE TORRES ISLANDS, NORTHERN NEW HEBRIDES FRONTAL ARC: COMPARISON WITH SANTO AND MALEKULA ISLANDS, CENTRAL NEW HEBRIDES FRONTAL ARC". Journal of Geology 93: 419–438. University of Chicago. doi:.
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