My family actually claimed Howland island back in the early days of the guano act (they pivoted from clipper shipyards to guano shityards when international trade collapsed at the beginning of the civil war) [1]. I’d love to go there and, you know, live out my dreams, but WOW is transportation an issue. That place is FAR away.
Also, check out the super secret spy base on the west side of the island, loosely hidden by google maps treachery. What’s happening there?? [2]
There's "everything is always underwater" rise, whichbis 1600 years off. Then there's "average highwater mark during a storm at high tide", which will exceed those 6m a lot sooner and is the point at which the island ceases to become at all inhabitable.
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Are there any unclaimed islands left?
Sadly this wouldn’t apply to new islands since it takes a long time for bats to establish themselves.
My family actually claimed Howland island back in the early days of the guano act (they pivoted from clipper shipyards to guano shityards when international trade collapsed at the beginning of the civil war) [1]. I’d love to go there and, you know, live out my dreams, but WOW is transportation an issue. That place is FAR away.
Also, check out the super secret spy base on the west side of the island, loosely hidden by google maps treachery. What’s happening there?? [2]
[1] http://christophersetterlund.blogspot.com/2020/05/in-their-f...
[2] https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ly8W9M2fqdap7Mzc7?g_st=ic
Better hurry. At only 6m above sea level at its highest point, it may sink below the waves before long.
True that. But the whole potential is leveraging that huge dormant volcano under the water.
Villain lair!
Specifically, 1600 years at current rate.
(I have a personal bugbear about people worrying about sea level rise)
There are different sorts of rise to worry about.
There's "everything is always underwater" rise, whichbis 1600 years off. Then there's "average highwater mark during a storm at high tide", which will exceed those 6m a lot sooner and is the point at which the island ceases to become at all inhabitable.
You can’t ignore that the variance and the sea level increases with climate change, especially at only 6m above.
And an island is, for practical purposes, gone well before its very highest point is below local mean sea level.