@stancil83
7:00 As tectonic plates move over the continental shelf land can bulge up or sink down depending on the forces acting on it.If land moves over lighter, thicker crust, it can rise slightly due to pressure from below, or if it's pushing against another plate, it can crumple upward. If the crust becomes heavier, say, from glaciers, sediment buildup, or volcanic rock it can slowly sink, like a mattress under weight. This is called isostatic on adjustment and helps rebalance Earth’s crust, but it can’t stop sea level rise, it just slowly shifts land up or down to adjust.
@gwynn2528
I clicked on this thinking like “this sounds interesting, I’ll give this New channel a try” Lo and Behold, this guys voice comes on. Hahaha.
@ignitionfrn2223
0:40 - Chapter 1 - Kiribati; the 1st do go 6:10 - Chapter 2 - The maldives ; mystery of the indian ocean 10:10 - Chapter 3 - Tuvalu; the 1st digial nation 13:55 - Chapter 4 - Vanuatu; disaster after disaster 17:50 - Chapter 5 - The solomon islands ; the perfect storm
@jackmason5278
You might consider a similar video about costal areas in jeopardy. For example, most of Australia's population inhabit its costal areas, while much of the interior is a big desert.
@BallisticDamages
13:00 the concept of preserving a high quality scan of the island and it's flora and fauna is actually amazing, and I really think we should do this more globally, as it would be an incredible resource for preserving this information for generations. People could see in minute detail how things have changed over the decades, really cool idea.
@Mark2024Hola
Interesting. I spoke to a scientist involved in this area in the Maldives and he was fairly sure they would not 'go under' - at least not in totality. Lots of the Islands are not inhabited. They did have to have lots of sand delivered to one of the holiday islands though!
@Kaltagstar96
In terms of places like Kiribati, I was reminded of people in Vietnam that live almost their entire lives on boats, have little communities and such, maybe that could be possible as a band-aid solution? It's not like the boats used in these Vietnamese floating cities are luxury yacht's, either.
@moayyed19th
Hello 👋 Thank You Simon 👏 great topic it's reality.....
@ArchangelXCI
Given that NZ is larger than the UK with less than a tenth of the population and Australia is over 7mil km2 and a population less than a tenth of the US, it would make sense for us to take on more islanders. We already both have large demographics of islanders so the cultures are already integrating. Seems like a logical move.
@stancil83
Alaska is heavily affected by coastal erosion. Permafrost, frozen ground, makes up much of Alaska’s coast. When it thaws from warming temperatures and rising seas, the ground crumbles. Strong storms and waves speed this up. Some villages, like Shishmaref and Newtok, are losing land fast and have had to relocate. Erosion here isn’t just slow; it can remove dozens of feet of coastline in a single year. uh, and that's the last thing I am going to say I hope I hope
@agabrielhegartygaby9203
Thank you for advocating for Kiribati and the other island nations that will be destroyed by climate change
@alexhaladay4345
another question. If the nation builds a tower on the island before it goes under so its still above the water, can they declare it as still the physical nation? Then using that digital nation idea where the fleeing citizens get visas to the nation they go to instead of applying for citizenship, could the nation stay around? I guess a corporation could manipulate this to create a zero tax nation on a sunken island and just stay on the land of another nation
@stancil83
The only way you lose culture is if you lose people. Culture is how people live, behave, speak, create, and connect; it's shared habits, values, and ways of seeing the world. It's not just food or clothing or language: it's how we treat others, how we express feelings. Your culture is everything you do, it's not just religion; or an area of land; culture is in the people.
@alexraykhfeld3929
Thank you Simon.
@alza_bitz
Simon, when this was researched did you check if the scientific studies and programmes you describe are still in place or in fact now cancelled, due to the situation in the US? I would imagine that many of these smaller countries would need the collaboration of the US for these projects to remain viable..
@joelgrimes7591
The Maldives have actually gained land mass albeit very small. They used to say that they were going to be underwater in the mid 2010s.
@aq5426
Welp, there goes my plan of retiring to Fiji to become a sheep farmer.
@gregwasserman2635
The Solomons were a major battlefield, or rather series of battlefields, in WW 2. And it was fought over by people were not native to the islands.
@willmerrick6387
Remember you can still see Plymouth Rock
@RobertTischner