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Nuatambu Island | |
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  Nuatambu Island Location in Solomon Islands | |
| Coordinates: 007°07′26.42″S 157°09′39.99″E / 7.1240056°S 157.1611083°E | |
| Country | Solomon Islands |
| Province | Choiseul Province |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 0 |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pacific youth 'grow up with fear' as climate change threatens their homes and futures - ABC News".
- ^ "Nuatambu · Solomon Islands". Nuatambu · Solomon Islands. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ 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.