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This is part two of a three-part series examining the effects of climate change on the Marshall Islands and what is being done to adapt to the increasing threat it poses. Part one examined the threat of rising sea levels on the low-lying coral atoll nation.
MAJURO, Marshall Islands — The Majuro Atoll is a thin crescent of sand, sitting just above the waterline, halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
With most of Majuro less than 500 feet across, there’s only room for one street, on which shared taxis drive back and forth. On one side of the road, passengers see the calm inner lagoon, and on the other, peering through groves of palm trees and clusters of concrete homes, they can watch ocean waves crashing against the shore.
Source: Al Jazeera
