Nuatambu

Nuatambu Island
Nuatambu
Nuatambu Island is located in Solomon Islands
Nuatambu Island
Nuatambu Island
Location in Solomon Islands
Coordinates: 007°07′26.42″S 157°09′39.99″E / 7.1240056°S 157.1611083°E / -7.1240056; 157.1611083
CountrySolomon Islands
ProvinceChoiseul Province
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
approximately 25 families

Nuatambu is an island in Solomon Islands in Choiseul Province. Nuatambu is home to families.[1] In 2021 the island was reported to have been separated into two islands.[2] As of December 2023, it shows up on Google Maps as a contiguous island.[3]

In 1962, the island had an area of 30,080 square meters. In 2014, the area was measured as 13,980 square meters. The difference has been attributed to the rise in sea level due to climate change. In 2016, The Guardian reported the island had been diminished by sea level rise and wave action.[1][4]

Impact of sea-level rise on Nuatambu

Five reef islands in the Solomon Islands have been completely submerged due to rising sea levels, while an additional six islands have experienced severe coastal erosion.[5] These lost islands varied in size from one to five hectares and were characterized by dense tropical vegetation that had thrived for at least 300 years.[6]

Nuatambu Island, which was once home to 35 families, has seen over half of its habitable area eroded away, with 75% of its houses destroyed by the sea since 2011[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Five Pacific islands lost to rising seas as climate change hits". The Guardian. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-10. One was Nuatambu Island, home to 25 families, which has lost 11 houses and half its inhabitable area since 2011, the research said.
  2. ^ "Pacific youth 'grow up with fear' as climate change threatens their homes and futures - ABC News".
  3. ^ "Nuatambu · Solomon Islands". Nuatambu · Solomon Islands. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ Albert, Simon (2016). "Interactions between sea-level rise and wave exposure on reef island dynamics in the Solomon Islands". Environmental Research Letters. 11 (5). IOP Publishing: 054011. Bibcode:2016ERL....11e4011A. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/054011.
  5. ^ Smith, Nicola; Piringi, Charley (2023-05-11). "These islands are being slowly swallowed by the sea – it's a warning to the world". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  6. ^ "World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal". climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  7. ^ Faculty, UQ, Engineering, Architecture and IT. "Rising seas stealing back Solomon Islands communities". shorthand.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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