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[–] lea@mlem.lea.moe 72 points 1 year ago (5 children)

1/12th of their national income is from .tv so they'll have sunk before that happens...

[–] SmokesForBreakfast@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But isn’t that day also nearing at a drastic rate? I feel like they’ve been on the brink to Atlantis for a while now.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

AFAIK they won't pass this decade, yes

[–] SmokesForBreakfast@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn. How does that work out logistically speaking?

[–] Blastoid5000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Climate refugees will have to find new homes. I would imagine New Zealand and Tahiti would absorb the couple-thousand people as they are the closest larger Pacific Island nations. Australia is less friendly to immigrants.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It's a major human rights crisis that no one really talks about.