{"id":411746,"date":"2025-11-05T20:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411746"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:46:43","slug":"maldives-paradise-soon-to-be-lost-bbc-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411746","title":{"rendered":"Maldives: Paradise soon to be lost\u2013 BBC\u00a02004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would we do without the internet?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For as well as being blessed with sun-kissed paradise islands and pale, white sands, this tourist haven is cursed with mounting evidence of an environmental catastrophe.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country is portrayed by travel companies as a tropical paradise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the naked eye, the signs of climate change are almost imperceptible, but government scientists fear the sea level is rising up to 0.9cm a year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 80% of its 1,200 islands are no more than 1m above sea level, within 100 years the Maldives could become uninhabitable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/south_asia\/3930765.stm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was 21 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, twelve new airports have been opened on the Maldives, plus a new passenger terminal at the Velana International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Velana Int Airport<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourists numbers have tripled to more than 2 million last year. Tourism now drives 28% of GDP, supported by more than 170 resorts. Last year alone, another seven new resorts were opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far from disappearing beneath the waves, the Maldives are thriving!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since then, twelve new airports have been opened on the Maldives, plus a new passenger terminal at the Velana International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":411753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Maldives: An Island Paradise Facing Climate Change Threats","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691839333,691818519],"class_list":{"0":"post-411746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc-2004","9":"tag-maldives","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQOmLt67Qv6NjUAYmMYd-Ejz6doEKlOCyKifC9-vb7uRH-tEKyfBmxLO5Uku_nBc4swkMF3eKp019DqLT4681J9cNjrqA2K_SBGX-DRR4Ecsice2bb75YSmbH8aULkE-1.jpeg?fit=1796%2C854&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1J74","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":342737,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=342737","url_meta":{"origin":411746,"position":0},"title":"Rising Runways, Sinking Narratives: Maldives Debunk Climate Fears","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/09\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"For decades, we\u2019ve been told that island nations are on the brink of disappearing beneath the waves, their inhabitants destined to be victims of climate change\u2019s catastrophic effects. 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