Okay, Chelsea, no option this time. You told
me we're going into a two parter. So I decided
that I'm going to kind of go into a two parter
too, in that these are going to be kind of paired
stories in that. Well, I don't like that you
don't give me a choice. I haven't been disappointed
with the choices that you've made for me. Well,
I feel like some of the stories have. disappointed
you in that they reveal aspects of the world
but it's disappointing in a way that i wasn't
able to choose as well as am disappointed in
humanity but not disappointed with your choice
okay there's a difference fair enough well these
are going to be appearing in the arc of the rich
person's emotions saga that we followed in the
fringy minis However, this is like that category.
Yeah, I like that category, too. It's usually
fun. However, this is the opposite side of the
rich person's emotions in how other people have
to react to sea level changes. I feel like that's
the side I don't like. to explore and very few
people do and the stories stay hidden on it for
the most part yeah i'm feeling conflicted at
this time but uh let's see what you got okay
this article comes from the week uk the week's
about like the the week the days of the week
oh not like We did have it from another source,
but that source has a paywall that I cannot reach
at the moment. So we are here, unless you guys
want to pay us miraculously in the next 30 seconds
or so to get that other one. Anything? No, nothing
yet. So we're just going to go ahead with this.
There's still like 20 seconds. Yeah, they still
got it. I'm gonna start reading though. Okay
This is from July 31st 2025 written by Davika
Rao Article title Tuvalu is being lost to climate
change other countries will likely follow The
island nation of Tuvalu is becoming the first
country to be completely lost due to rising sea
levels However, the country is possibly only
the first of many without actions taken to mitigate
climate change Tuvalu, located in Oceania, is
expected to be completely underwater by 2050.
What? The island nation with a population of
11 ,000. Once you see pictures of Tuvalu it's
gonna make sense, but we'll talk about it at
the end here. The island nation with a population
of just 11 ,000 is setting a precedent to become
the first country to have to permanently evacuate.
To do this, Australia and Tuvalu signed the Philippine
Union Treaty. which is an, quote, agreement that
provides for a migration scheme that will allow
280 Tuvaluans per year to settle in Australia
as permanent residents, end quote, said Wired.
This is the first climate visa of its kind, end
quote. We received extremely high levels of interest
in the ballots with 8 ,750 registrations, basically
everybody that lived there, which includes family
members of primary registrants, end quote, with
my additions in there. The Australian High Commission
in Tuvalu said in a statement, The visa operates
through a ballot system and quote, will grant
beneficiaries the same health, education, housing
and employment rights enjoyed by Australian citizens,
end quote, said Wired. Tuvaluans, which I just
gotta say, one of the greatest like nationality
prefixes I've ever heard. Tuvaluans is great.
It rolls right off the tongue. Yeah, it does
sound really nice. And we're losing that, which
is so sad. Well, they would still be Tuvaluans,
just not in Tuvalu. Well, there's not that many
of them. It's going to be like one generation
and they'll be gone. Well, your ancestry though.
Tuvaluans will also be able to return to their
home country if conditions allow. However, Tuvalu
is perhaps just the first of many countries or
regions that will have to evacuate because of
climate change. Quote. From historic droughts
to catastrophic floods, these extreme variations
disrupt lives, economies, and entire ecosystems.
A professor at Australian National University
said to Wired, Unfortunately, Tuvalu is the canary
in the coal mine and that coal mine is rapidly
filling with water. While not on the scale of
an entire country, there have been other times
when almost full populations have made moves
to evacuate where they lived. In 2024, approximately
1 ,200 members of the indigenous Guna community
relocated from the island of Gardi -Sugdub off
the coast of Panama to the mainland. This was
also due to rising sea levels slowly sinking
the island. This was, quote, one of the first
planned migrations in Latin America due to climate
change, end quotes at AFP. In a similar vein,
Nearly 300 people moved from New Talk, Alaska,
because the village was perched on permafrost,
which began to thaw dangerously and erode the
banks. More countries are likely to become less
habitable in the future. By 2070, over, quote,
three billion people could find themselves living
outside of humanity's climate niche, end quote,
said the San Francisco Chronicle. Island nations
are especially at risk. The Maldives are an archipelago
comprising almost 1 ,200 islands, most of which
are under four feet above sea level. Wow. Making
them especially vulnerable to changes in ocean
levels. Quote, even a minimal rise in water levels
can lead to a major change, such as coastal erosion,
salinization of drinking water sources, and more
frequent flooding, end quote said Wodna Sprawji.
Which, okay, it's a Polish name, it doesn't sound
fake. Wait, okay, Wat Nisprally is a Polish publication,
it's not even a Polish person, never mind. As
preparation, the Maldives government has quote,
explored plans to purchase land on higher grounds
in other countries, end quote, said NASA. Why
would NASA say that? Why didn't the Maldives?
Anyhow, I don't know if I trust the weak UK yet
as a great source. Almost every other island
nation faces similar risks. including Kiribati,
the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu. The US
is also not free from the threat of relocation.
Several coastal states such as Florida, Louisiana,
Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi are at risk of
losing their coastlines. New York City, Chicago,
and several cities in California are also sinking,
which could in time require evacuation. In addition,
the Gulf of Mexico is rising three times faster
than the global average, according to a study
published in the journal Nature. Without measures
to combat climate change, mass migration may
be the only way to survive. And that's the end
of the article. I found it really interesting,
actually, at the end there, where they include
Chicago, which is not a coastal city. It's on
a lake. So they're sinking for a very different
reason, I would think. What? Any idea what reason
that one is? It could be that they're using too
much groundwater and it's sinking that way. Weird.
And, you know, there's a handful of states that
I always forget are coastal states like Mississippi.
But definitely a bad side of global warming that
I mean you talk about rising sea levels and and
whatnot, and you think, yeah, yeah, it's so far
in the future, but you think, you know, with
this article, this is in the next, what did they
say, 2050? 2050, 25 years. 25 years, we're gonna
lose whole entire populations. And I did pull
up Tuvalu, like, I do see how this could, I mean,
it was teetering on it the whole time, I think,
as it's falling in the ocean. Its highest point
is six feet above sea level. And it's very tiny.
Yeah. Oh, it's very long. It is a strip of sand
above the ocean pretty much. I don't know that
I would like to live there. If you ever told
me to design a highway that goes across the ocean,
that's what I would do. I'd make it look like
Tuvalu. Yeah, it would with a big enough wave.
It would be gone. Yeah, it makes me nervous.
I will say apparently Australia and Tuvalu have
had these talks going back to the 1960s. You
would have to be at a low level. Yeah, you would
have to. Yeah, that's crazy. Something you don't
think about. Well, I mean, no, where I am, it's
not. that uh there's a threat here yes because
i am close to the well not where you are specifically
but you're in the city itself yeah it could be
if it rises far enough yes and yeah it's just
like there's no point in saving this island importantly
because i don't think any really rich people
live there yeah and it's only worth saving if
rich people are there yeah they're not shoring
up the beaches there yeah How true. And yeah,
it's funny that they're talking about like, basically
the entire country did sign up to leave. Well,
you would have to. Who would be so crazy to not?
The captain of the island. You say that, but
people are like... Dreaming into Florida, which
is basically in the exact same situation Yeah,
but I mean Florida people are Florida people
Yeah, but how do we know Tuvaluans aren't just
the Floridians of the Oceania area? I feel like
nobody is the Florida of anywhere but Florida.
That's a fair point Only Americans can be so
American. Yeah, and then there's Floridians Floridians?
Yeah, I think that's how you say it I don't know.
But yeah, you guys got 48 hours. Go check if
you're at risk in the next 70 or so years of
falling into the ocean. If not, hey, keep listening.
Bye.