What caused 5 islands in the Solomon Islands to vanish?

It is being reported that 5 islands in the Solomon Islands have gone underwater, and 6 others have begun experiencing noticeable reductions in shoreline. Substantial evidence gathered by the world's best researchers have determined that the sea level rise is attributed to man-made climate change.
One of the islands currently facing land reduction is the Nuatambu Island. Some 25 families inhabit this island. Nuatambu Island has lost over half of its habitable area, with some 11 houses being lost at sea since 2011.

Sadly, the sea level rise is not a foreign concept to those living in the Solomon Island region. The sea levels have increased at nearly 3 times the global average (in numbers, sea levels have risen around 7 to 10mm per year; the global average is 3mm per year) since 1993. Ocean wave energy also contributes to the acceleration of land loss.

Scientists believe the sea levels will continue to rise in the Pacific Ocean throughout the second half of the 21st Century. Again, scientists attribute this rise in sea level to man-made climate change.
The Solomon Islands joined 11 Pacific Island nations and signed the Paris climate agreement. They have also asked for support from the Green Climate Fund. Unfortunately, the remote communities at risk in the Solomon Islands have not seen a cent of the billions of dollars promised to them.

From a 94-year-old chief of the Paurata tribe in the Solomon Islands:
"The sea has started to come inland, it forced us to move up to the hilltop and rebuild our village there away from the sea."

My Thoughts:

What will happen to these people when there is no where left to escape the rising sea levels? How would you feel if your family faced this reality? Something needs to be done to help these people in the Solomon Islands, and all along the Pacific Ocean. I hope the good people in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere get the funds that they deserve.

Each one of us needs to realize how much we contribute to climate change. If each one of us decreases our carbon footprint, we might be able to slow the acceleration of climate change.

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