Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future

Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future

13 JUNE 2013

Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young mothers and newborn babies, the latest additions to a population boom that has risen as relentlessly as the sea in a deeply Christian outpost where family planning is still viewed with skepticism.

It is a boom that threatens to overwhelm the tiny atoll of South Tarawa as quickly as the rising seas. Some 50,000 people, about half of Kiribati's total population, are already crammed onto a sand and coral strip measuring 16 sq km (6 sq miles).

Click here to read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/13/us-kiribati-climate-idUSBRE95C04L20130613

Source: Reuters

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