Climate Change in Oceania: Tuvalu Is Tired of the Prophets of Doom
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- The island lies there like an elbow – the forearm thin, the upper arm wiry.
- There, in the crook of the elbow, a propeller plane from Fiji – two and a half hours away – lands five times a week.
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The island lies there like an elbow – the forearm thin, the upper arm wiry. A bend of coral rock, lapped by the largest ocean in the world. At its narrowest point, Fongafale measures only 20 meters across; at its widest, a few hundred.
There, in the crook of the elbow, a propeller plane from Fiji – two and a half hours away – lands five times a week. A siren sounds to clear the runway of motorcycles, and when the landing gear touches down, the pigs in the nearby pens startle from their midday nap.