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| Rising seas: Residents fish on Nov. 28 on on the island of New Briatin, Papua New Guinea, near Kimbe Bay. Island states and
low-lying coastal communities reporter ever-higher tides encroaching on their shorelines. David Longstreath/AP |
Audio: Global warming threatens Pacific islands
Residents of small island nations threatened by rising sea levels bring their stories to the UN climate talks in Bali.
posted December 05, 2007 at 10:53 am EST
As polar icecaps melt, reports of unprecedented high tides are coming in from those living in low-lying Pacific islands, such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Papua New Guinea's Carteret Islands. There, creeping sea levels erode coastlines, engulf homes, destroy crops, and contaminate wells.
This week, residents of these small islands have come to Bali, Indonesia where they share their stories with representatives gathered for the UN climate conference.
Reporting from Bali, Peter N. Spotts discusses the islanders' plight.
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