In the Maldives, more than 90% of the islands have suffered severe erosion. The archipelago, home to half a million people, faces the risk of becoming uninhabitable by mid-century due to climate change. Researchers are exploring innovative solutions to combat this issue by harnessing ocean currents to build new land. The Growing Islands project, initiated in 2017, has conducted 10 experiments using various materials and strategies. The latest, the Ramp Ring, deployed in December 2024, consists of six geotextile bladders forming a 90-meter-wide structure in the Enboodhoofinolhu Lagoon. By February, sand had accumulated up to 1.5 meters on these bladders, demonstrating their potential to replenish beaches and create new land. The project, supported by multiple organizations including a $250,000 grant from the US Agency for International Development in 2023, aims to develop a sustainable method to protect the Maldives’ 187 inhabited islands, which attract 2 million tourists annually.
Massimo
@Rainmaker1973
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Apr 2 Have you ever seen a new island come to life?Explosive eruptions off Iwoto island created a new islet in the Pacific, 1000 km south of Tokyo on Nov 4, 2023[ Kazuhiro Ichikawa]
BioGrid
@BioGridGame
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Apr 16 Trying to make beaches.
I now track something like an abstract combo of wave action, salinity and wind exposure that keeps nearby terrain barren. It’s a cumulative effect – large bodies of water develop sandy beaches at shores, isolated bays, lakes and rivers overgrow as usual.
Carbon Brief
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56m Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink |
@AyeshaTandon
with comment from Jan Kavan, Simon CookRead here: https://buff.ly/xBONaRH
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@CarbonBrief
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Apr 17 Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink |
@AyeshaTandon
with comment from Jan Kavan, Simon CookRead here: https://buff.ly/xBONaRH
Carbon Brief
@CarbonBrief
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Apr 14 Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink |
@AyeshaTandon
with comment from Jan Kavan, Simon CookRead here: https://buff.ly/VOyEmzD
Carbon Brief
@CarbonBrief
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Apr 16 Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink |
@AyeshaTandon
with comment from Jan Kavan, Simon CookRead here: https://buff.ly/yjgSZW1
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