Climate change is threatening the homes, cultures and communities of the more than half a million people who reside in the world's four atoll nations: the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Maldives, which are named as the most vulnerable places in the world, according to a press release.

Which island is sinking due to global warming?

Tuvalu is sinking.” “Tuvalu is sinking” is the local catch-all phrase for the effects of climate change on this tiny island archipelago on the frontline of global warming. A Polynesian country situated in Oceania, Tuvalu is no more than a speck in the Pacific ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia.

Are the Maldives islands sinking?

Today, 80% of the country's 1,190 islands are just a meter above sea level, making them particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels. Already, 90% of the islands have reported flooding, 97% shoreline erosion, and 64% serial erosion, Shauna said.