Island Scuba Destinations That Will be Gone in Less than a Century

[scubafanatic]

from the Sept 2019 Issue of Undercurrent:

Thanks to inaction by the world’s governments,
rising sea levels spurred by global warming mean that
some islands and island chains are likely to disappear
underwater within the next 80 years. These include:

Solomon Islands, a group of nearly 1,000 in theSouth Pacific ...
Maldives, in the Indian Ocean ...
Palau, in the South Pacific ...
Micronesia, 607 islands located 2,500 miles south-west of Hawaii ...
Fiji, where one village already has been relocated to higher ground ...
Tuvalu, in the South Pacific ...
Seychelles, off the east coast of Africa ...
Kiribati, in the Central Pacific ...
Cook Islands, off New Zealand ...
French Polynesia, including Tahiti and Bora Bora ...
Marshall Islands, halfway between Hawaii and Australia ...

 

[BRT]

Some who are alive now will end up knowing if this happens.

 

[scubafanatic]

Some who are alive now will end up knowing if this happens.

Earth's tropical reefs will all be extinct by then too.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

The city of Miami is missing from the list.

It’s not an island yet, but it will be...

 

[BRT]

The city of Miami is missing from the list.

It’s not an island yet, but it will be...

Sea level is going to rise at different rates around the globe.

 

[Doc]

Don’t worry about sea level.

It’s the reefs. They’ll be dead long before 100 ticks by.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

MIami will be completely under water in 80 years, but there’s a ridge that’s almost 10 feet ASL that will form an island before the whole thing is gone.

For those that live long enough, it might make some interesting diving. They could even dive my old house near Zoo Miami.

 

[Wingy]

Very very generalised - some are still growing and some are at the end of their lifespans anyway - ie Tuomotos in French Polynesia are collapsed atolls that were once high and volcanic whereas bora bora, tahiti and moorea are younger and hence the mountainous topography. Sea level rise is not a constant world wide either but I do agree with some being the victims of mismanagement - some of the Maldives springs to mind. Look on the bright side, new islands pop up regularly and many are sporting the newest real estate on the planet.

Pretty good overall article though.

 

[runsongas]

truk and bikini will have the wrecks collapse within the next few decades