Significant portions of the Maldives lost to climate change | 60 Minutes Australia
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Some years ago, 60 Minutes reporter Liz Hayes I took a trip to paradise: an idyllic little place called the Maldives. Just step outside your room and there was a fabulous beach, a long stretch of pure white sand. She returned in 2009, when if you tried to do the same thing, you end up in the ocean. If ever you needed proof that global warming exists, it's right there. The Maldives is drowning. They'll be almost entirely under water by the end of the century. But the Maldivians won't go down without a fight. They're taking drastic action to save their island nation. And if all else fails, there's a fallback plan: pack up and resettle in Australia.
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OMG, when did 60 Minutes Australia open up the comments section? 😲 For years it's been closed. This is a happy day 😊
😂😂❤❤ Sure, the only one I've seen!!! I wish they would open the others!!
Probably doing a census, to see what the population think? That's probably why they opened comments.
Am glad we noticed 😂😂😂
I was a bout to ask the same thing over here.
Seeing some of the comments, it's already looking like it was a mistake!
I feel like I've been hearing "we only have 10 years' for at least the last '30 years' now!
10 years for the ice age, 10 years for the ozone layer, 10 years for global warming, 10 years for climate change, I’m not sure what the next alarmist cycle will be.
They have since changed to 50 years! Lol ten years is easier to debunk…. Lol
maldives are not paradise.. it is a mad Islamist state; ua-cam.com/video/hWywWtcZBMQ/v-deo.html
How Dare you.
It’s worse propaganda than you think.
The cabal works night and day to drive a fake narrative. Their interest is £££££… as it’s always been.
I remember hearing scientists say that the Maldives are sinking and its not sea levels rising
Yes it's soil erosion
That was my thought. Otherwise, Manhattan Island would be submerged.
Both
Strange how the water has gone up so high there but exactly the same at my house in Fiji for the last 20 years I have been keeping track.
I am a Maldivian I don't see that coming for me it is the same as before.
We’ve been told to listen to experts and still the child Greta plays expert! Island can be saved if they follow Dubai or any other place in the world where they built fake islands. It’s all about money and IF the money wants to save Maldives.
This is a deep state lie by 60 Minutes. The Maldives sea level has not changed at all. Tony Heller has a series of excellent videos on sea level, and the Maldives.
I live bang smack on the edge of Moreton Bay Queensland and my back yard literally IS Moreton Bay! The ocean waves continually lap (during full tide) at the small rock retaining wall that divides the Bay and my backyard. I can most sincerely tell you that there has been no noticeable rise in sea levels over the last 19 years that I have lived here and prior to that the only "rise" in water levels was during a very rare Storm surge that may or may not occur every 50+ years. The last one was in the 1960's and water heights were above the power line poles. Fortunately I live in a top floor apartment on the off chance that it may happen again. My parents were taught that the Pacific Islands were slowly sinking when they were at school in the 1930's! Not due to climate change, but rather the way that Pacific Islands are formed. They are mostly volcanic formations that both lose land to the ocean and also "grow" new land formations due to lava flows and tectonic plate upheaval. I was taught the same thing when I was at school in the 60's-70's.
Obama pushes cli'mate catas'trophes then buy water front property.
the maldives are sinking , they are coral islands . Look it up. If the sea level is rising in the maldives by say 3 feet it has to rise that much everywhere else
Apparently, mainstream news sheep believe the sea is rising in small localised spots like the maldives but the surrounding lands havent had the same sea level rises because.... we are killing the world, dont ask questions or point out inconvenient truths!!! Gee whizz man, ;-)
A voice of reason. Thank you.
Say goodbye to Venice
@@crazyprophet3276 is it sinking?
@@George.Andrews. of course, it's been sinking for hundreds of years
Always wanted to go to Maldives I remember my father telling me when I was a young child about how beautiful the Maldives and channai is.
What annoys me is the notion that we are causing this. The earth is changing constantly, oceans fall and rise, new islands are created while old ones sink this has happened for millions of years before humans and it will happened for million more years after we are gone.
This whole anti-humanist notion that we are the cause of all the ills on this planet is ridiculous, 99% of all animals that have ever existed are now extinct and we had nothing to do with it, so let's temper down this alarmist rhetoric.
Better hurry 😢
I've been to the Maldives many times, and it's undeniably a beautiful destination. However, there are some important factors to consider.
Firstly, be aware that in some areas, the water can be quite shallow, often just knee-deep. So, it's essential to choose a resort or location that suits your water depth preferences. Additionally, some beaches may have sand filled with dead corals due to erosion, so research your destination carefully to find the best beach conditions.
Secondly, the weather in the Maldives can be unpredictable, and I’d avoid going there during the rainy seasons for a more enjoyable experience. Despite this tho, the Maldives can be absolutely breath-taking. So yeah, just remember to do proper research.
Personally, what makes Maldives so great is the staff; you’ll basically be treated like royalty.
Anyway, if got any questions, just ask.
I always dream of going there. The most beautiful place, I think, on this planet ❤😢
Watching this 14 years later is kind of painful. They keep talking about having 10 year to correct things and we all know that didn't happen
Climate Change is CODE for "Pole Shift" !!!
When Dubai and China can create new islands by pumping sand into huge mounds .. plant palms and build homes .. this seems like a ridiculous story .. but "Pole Shift" is not .. because like water in a pan .. when the pan goes one way .. the water goes the other. Think about what that might be like!
We are too busy creating wars.
The island is sinking, WTF can you really do about it. They can act to build up their shore lines etc just like the Netherlands did. But no, they rather blame someone else!
lMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO In 2000 we had 12 years to live and hear we are. You foolish people.
14 years is nothing in the scale of time
If everyone was recycling like we’re encouraged to, shouldn’t we see recycling plants breaking down these products?
When I was a kid all soda pop came in glass bottles which were turned in for money. Why aren’t we doing that now? How many things came in glass jars and bottles back then. Glass is 100% recyclable.
SAME HERE. I EXPERIENCED THAT TOO WHEN I WAS A KID. NOW, EVERY DRINK IS IN PLASTIC, THROW AWAY BOTTLES. I THINK EVEN THIS BOTTLES CAN BE MADE INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS, IF HUMANS CHOOSE TO DO IT.
Plus appliances and clothing and consumerism. All garbage in the landfill. That is the real problem. Pollution and waste. Not carbon
Recycling is a joke. In Canada, we recycle but then they ship it to landfills in third world countries. We think we are doing the right thing but it just becomes garbage. We need real Recycling plants.
The answer is capitalism. Plastic is good for shareholders and whatever is good for the rich business owners politicians will never touch it.
Whatever makes money for the super rich it's what we're stuck with..
Welcome to the planet of Plastics
Recycling is a huge business here in California. I’m not sure what’s going on.
Thank you for leaving the comments on and educating us just phenomenal and what is small the areas can teach us with regards to being human and taking care of things the right way
Global warming 😂🤣 please 😒
They are taking all the sand from the ocean floors then blaming the “rising” sea _LEVEL_ on global warming 😂 the sea isn’t rising the floor is sinking
It is fascinating from a scientific point of view that the water is rising so much in some parts of the world, and not in Sydney. It is fascinating how ideology can supersede science!
1/You are aware our planet are rotating, right?
2/You are aware that half of the expansion were related to ice melt and rest due to expansion of water as it heats. Now the heating expansion are taking over and the rise of the water accelerates. As an example you can look at New York and Miami. NY have had 2 large floodings last years costing billions and Miamis over 50 million year old fresh water ecological system are crumbling under salt water intrusion due to rising waters.
3/All countries can now measure water rise but not all will experience same rise at the same time.
Consider this as well. Australians are now the most greenhouse gas emitting nationals on the planet per Capita. You even managed to pass USA that have had that sad title for decades. Only a handful of nations have so optimal possibilities to transition fast as Australia and yet you do not do it! 300 millions climate refugees are expected in our generation, hereunder probably the Maldivian population. I am sure you, as I, would find it fair that the majority of these climate refugees are welcomed by the highest emitters and those with low population density! Australia top the list in both cases!
and this. CO2 taxes are being introduced in nations around the world as in trade agreements. Australia can embarrass themselves further in front of the world by continuing to be slow to transition but the CO2 taxes will make your goods and services increasingly noncompetitive while your costs towards draughts, floods, bushfires etc etc do the same. That will strain your economy while you still have to invest to transition.
You can, in other words, decide to continue your downwards spiral economically while your brand will diminish around the world OR invest NOW and laugh all the way to the bank.
Your nation Bruce! THINK!
@@Mike-zx1kx so many words, so little understanding of thermodynamics.
@@aussie5468 Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change its shape, area, volume, and density in response to a change in temperature.
Temperature is a monotonic function of the average molecular kinetic energy of a substance. When a substance is heated, molecules begin to vibrate and move more, usually creating more distance between themselves. The relative expansion (also called strain) divided by the change in temperature is called the material's coefficient of linear thermal expansion and generally varies with temperature. As energy in particles increases, they start moving faster and faster, weakening the intermolecular forces between them and therefore expanding the substance. In other words, when water heats, it expands. Heard about the steam engine?
Lets add this, so you can learn even more.
Between 1901 and 2018, the average global sea level rose by 15-25 cm (6-10 in), or 1-2 mm per year.[1] This rate is increasing; sea levels are now rising at a rate of 3.7 mm (0.146 inches) per year.[2] Human-caused climate change is predominantly the cause, as it constantly heats (and thus expands) the ocean and melts land-based ice sheets and glaciers.[3] Between 1993 and 2018, thermal expansion of water contributed 42% to sea level rise (SLR); melting of temperate glaciers contributed 21%; Greenland contributed 15%; and Antarctica contributed 8%.[4]: 1576 Because sea level rise lags changes in Earth temperature, it will continue to accelerate between now and 2050 purely in response to already-occurring warming;[5] whether it continues to accelerate after that depends on human greenhouse gas emissions. If global warming is limited to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F), then sea level rise does not accelerate, but it would still amount to 2-3 m (7-10 ft) over the next 2000 years, while 19-22 metres (62-72 ft) would occur if the warming peaks at 5 °C (9.0 °F)
@@Mike-zx1kx Touché. The sad thing is, we've been warned about our current scenario for many decades. Yet, we're still doing sweet bugger all to remediate anthropogenic climate change influences.
@@BradGryphonn Thank you. Yes! The damage done by the Murdoch media in Australia and USA are beyond comprehension. Largest emitters and least knowledgeable. When your PM stood in your parliament with a piece of coal and declared, in 2020 that it were not dangerous, he instantly diminished the brand value of Australia considerably. That made many understand just how backwards the broad climate related thinking in Australia were and highlighted how far behind in transition the nation were.
In January the worlds largest energy transition project in the world (North Sea Summit agreement) were signed. 220 million people will in just 10 years be transitioned from fossil fuel based made electricity to emission free electricity. All done with off shore windmill parks. On top, inside same project, the worlds largest green hydrogen production from same windmills. A small percentage of this hydrogen will be used for energy production when the wind does not blow but the vast majority will be sold on the open market for cars, trucks, trains and planes. Just under around 50% of global rails are today not electrified. This have been high on many nations transition list and electrifying these rails would have costed trillions. With a high global emission free production of green hydrogen these rails can replace their diesel and diesel electric locomotives with hydrogen driven locomotives and trillions will be saved while the goal still are met. How come that the "free Australian media" have completely suppressed all information about this project for the Australian population? FACTS are that Australia could make a simple copy/paste of this project in smaller scale and become infrastructural emission free in a decade as well. It would create lots of well paying jobs while truly ensuring national emission free energy supply while you at the same time could laugh all the way to the bank! Retraining miners to raise and service off shore windmills comes to mind as an optimal solution. They would gain 10-15 years of living age and live much better life´s Could it be that your media are just as dependent on "bribes" from the fossil fuel industry like your politicians? You should realise this are more than a little democratic problem. This are humanity´s largest problem and this are the worlds largest project and you are not even informed about it!? Australian media normally LOVES articles about the biggest and top 10 lists, but apparently not in this case!
Even on shore windmills and green hydrogen production are optimal for Australia. Imagine remote villages that suddenly can be selfsufficient with electricity and a green flexible fuel. Use the electricity you need and make green hydrogen for the areas cars, trucks and farming machines and sell the rest on the open market? Because of Murdoch and the fossil fuel industry Australia missed the opportunity to become global leaders in this technology. The 4 stroke hydrogen engine as well as the hydrogen jet engine exists now and when it comes to hydrogen driven cars and trucks it will fit a nation like the Australian much better than any electric vehicle because of the long distances.
Its a bit sad that some do not seem to realise that only a friend will tell you the truth that might feel uncomfortable to hear. Your enemy will happily stay silent while you fail. The silent ones are Murdoch media and many of your politician, that needs to redesign the taxation system to accommodate for new energy production and usage, instead of subsidising fossil fuels that will prevent Australia from exporting eventually and thus leave you penny less fast as the rest of the world´s trade and taxation systems will make you un-competitive.
May the truth soon dawn for the broad population. The current situation and Australia´s stance in the free world are deteriorating daily at the moment. I know your media do not tell you, but that are the truth. Australia are alienating themselves from their best friends that understand and respond to reality.
I work in a thriftstore. When donations don’t sell, they get thrown in the trash, (not my idea). Even things that are new with store labels still attached are thrown out in the dumpster, if they don’t sell. It breaks my heart, but most thrift stores do it.
It’s all about money as in any other situation.
Where I'm from,the volunteer workers were permitted to help themselves.
In Michigan's big box thrift stores, a good % of the workers are sent by the courts to work for free as part of their "community Service"
Not very thrifty if u ask me🥴🥴
I live in Eastern Ontario and a few million years ago it was a seabed. A few thousand ago glaciers stood a mile high over my home site. The climate will continue to change in ways we don't expect and any Peoplekind living at an elevation of less than 20 feet above sea level cannot expect to live there forever.
"There are huge non climate effects of carbon dioxide which are overwhelmingly favorable which are not taken into account. To me that's the main issue that the earth is actually growing greener. This has been actually measured from satellites the whole earth is growing greener as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So it's increasing agricultural yields, it's increasing the forests, it's increasing all kinds of growth in the biological world and that's more important and more certain than the effects on climate." ~Freeman Dyson, Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Dont cast doubt on the mainstream propaganda,! people might decide to not pay carbon taxes or heaven forbid, they might even decide they want to continue to eat meat and not the insect protein meal which is being added to food now... for the benefit of the environment and clmate , of course....
Stay ignorant buddy because you won't benefit from increase CO2 levels on the planet.
Coastlines have been eroding and changing for 200 billon years. But it's all 'Australia's' fault'. Most islands are actually getting bigger. This 'scientist' relies on doom and gloom for his livelihood !!
You have a point but you like many on the planet your brain cannot comprehend what is happening and hope will not save us!
@@rogermartinez78 WAKE UP ! The political elite are making a massive power grab. If you go against their narrative they have a hundred ways to destroy your life. You're the one that needs to wake up and stop being a 'useful idiot'. They don't give a damn about the climate. After you've spent 500 trillion on so called 'green energy' 'save the planet I feel morally superior but don't think very deeply, I want everyone to think I'm really good because I believe in all this b.s.' it will do nothing to change the climate. Instead, economies will collapse and billions will starve. It's already started to happen with power bills tripling ! But that'll be Ok because the elites hate the human race anyway ! The marxist elites need to totally flatten humanity before they can 'introduce' communism. Communism is another word for living in pure hell. It'll be just 'them and us' They'll still be able to fly around the world in their private jets. But 'you'll have nothing and be happy'. I know it's hard to take all this in when you have a 'small brain'. Come to think of it, why don't you worry about the real apocalypse- de-population.
If someone warns you of an approaching danger, like a car, do you think it's just doom and gloom and keep walking? Through warnings of dangers is how humanity survives, and by denying and ignoring these dangers you're denying future generations a chance of survival! And for what, so that a handful of Billionaires can keep living a life of extreme luxury and power?
Maldives will be there for another 100 of years . Last month in visited there and saw lot of development going .
maldives are not paradise.. it is a mad Islamist state; ua-cam.com/video/hWywWtcZBMQ/v-deo.html
No doubt with money that they are claiming as compensation for the manufactured disaster they are experiencing.
It has happened before, hence they have found pyramids, ancient buildings, huge walls etc under the ocean.
This is politization of the weather. Politicians are shameless.
@@differencemaker242 you misspelled morons.
this was aired 14 years ago. what does it look like now?
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
You better still take a boat, a bunch of cash, and a ladder to get up on the island, because the islands are still ABOVE the water. Anyone who knows anything about beaches knows that with each storm the sand comes and goes, but the level of the sea is EXACTLY THE SAME. 🤦🏻♂️
@@canopybreezesoutdoors4916 Exactly 👍
@@analitic900 They did say by the end of the century, so it is a matter of fraction of an inch a year globally. Maybe the reclamation and coral building project is staving it off like they even noted in the piece.
@@canopybreezesoutdoors4916 Beaches do recede and collect due to storms, but that is something different than what they are talking about here. The seal level has been rising over the last 120 years, at a rate of about 2mm per year and the rate is increasing. The last study in 2018 has the seal level almost a foot above the 1900 level.
Maldives is part of the reason of the problem. How many tons of CO2 have been emmited for people to visit the Maldives ? Tourism is a problem!
maldives are not paradise.. it is a mad Islamist state; ua-cam.com/video/hWywWtcZBMQ/v-deo.html
I really like that President he sounds smarter than most politicians in America and you can see that he doesn't talk through the side of his face and also he has class again much more than most politicians in America
If the water is rising in the Maldives, it would be rising equally in Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Somalia, Oman..... It is not. The sea level cannot accumulate and rise in one spot, around 1 island. The Maldives islands are sinking. Which is also a tragedy and it saddens me greatly.
Do some research man.Sea level rise is not equal.
@@sutherlandshots2954 so…water can hill up in places…that’s what you’re alluding to….
Maybe on a government sponsored “scientists” experiment…most Commonsense types know it seeks level. With gravitational pull being the same….. amazing
It is rising in all those countries and has been for the last 200 years and beyond.
Stay ignorant my friend because in 2100 you and will be gone!
Yeah i think the sea level is not flat as we think its is and is shaped by the geography of the ocean bottom. For example the sea level in Mariana trench would be lower then some where with high geographical elevation
The ocean at my beach has not changed in height in the last 40 years
Go to these Solomon or Maldives islands and check the islands, photos and inhabitants. NO, climate warming varies A LOT from country to country. Canada temperatures have increased +4,5°C in average over 100 years vs a world average of +1,7°C !
its ironic that the Maldives main income is tourism and tourism has a huge carbon footprint. The country in effect is contributing to its own sinking aside from the real culprits causing global north/western countries.
Exactly my thoughts. Why do they think they contributed little to the problem.
Just look up the number off tourists that visit the maldives yearly and how much their own contribution to the problem could be reduced by just closing the whole tourism industry over there and probably to all tropical islands that are now slowly taken by the ocean.
Just back to basics. But that should be for everyone in the world offcourse😏
Root cause = This Earth can only sustain 2 billion people without burning fossil fuel - John Deere does not run on batteries… so, what to do with 6 billion dead bodies?
It's unfortunate that one of the worst things we can do to cause CO2 is to fly in planes.
What a load of bollocks.
Thats exactly right, its sinking, the sea levels are not rising
Another report I once saw says they are sinking. Not having to do with sea rising.
Could be population and all those new constructions going on
This is just utter nonsense. The fact is that small tropical islands and atolls shift with natural processes, so you can always find one beach somewhere that has changed over time. However, the over-arching picture is very different. A study at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, published in 2021 (and it's not the only one) undertook an extensive study of atolls in the Pacific Nations of Marshall Islands and Kiribati as well as the Maldives and found that the bulk of these islands had grown in area over the past six decades - only 10% had become smaller. A report in Science Direct confirmed - using LANDSAT satellite imagery - that since 200 the Maldives have ADDED 37.50 square km of land area. The other point is that if the Maldives Government was genuinely concerned how come they are still building airports and expanding the tourist industry?
maldives are not paradise.. it is a mad Islamist state; ua-cam.com/video/hWywWtcZBMQ/v-deo.html
I live bang smack on the edge of Moreton Bay Queensland and my back yard literally IS Moreton Bay! The ocean waves continually lap (during full tide) at the small rock retaining wall that divides the Bay and my backyard. I can most sincerely tell you that there has been no noticeable rise in sea levels over the last 19 years that I have lived here and prior to that the only "rise" in water levels was during a very rare Storm surge that may or may not occur every 50+ years. The last one was in the 1960's and water heights were above the power line poles. Fortunately I live in a top floor apartment on the off chance that it may happen again. My parents were taught that the Pacific Islands were slowly sinking when they were at school in the 1930's! Not due to climate change, but rather the way that Pacific Islands are formed. They are mostly volcanic formations that both lose land to the ocean and also "grow" new land formations due to lava flows and tectonic plate upheaval. I was taught the same thing when I was at school in the 60's-70's.
THANK YOU!!!!
Exactly.. don’t let the truth get in the way of the biggest transfer of money in history!
Yeah... 50 years ago, I holidayed in a coastal area in NZ for 5 years... I go back there now in my retirement and the old jetty is in the same place and water at high tide does NOT cover the walkway... If the global sea level had risen that much, the wharf would be under at high tide and it is not... There has been no change in my 50 years of going there...
Lucky for you over last 40 years it’s definitely gone up in Busselton WA
@@shaneannandale457 no it hasn’t. That’s called the tide. It goes in and it goes out.
Budds Beach in Sufers Paradise should have gone under long ago then. Still is only affected on a King tide. As the guy in the show says, its erosion.
Yup. If the water is rising and reefs are dying the surf spots would be changing... Haven't heard that is happening. Still a prime destination for surfing...spots still working as they were when first surfed
Why is Zanzibar (relatively close to Maldives and also very flat) not having this same issue? Why are their sea levels not 'rising'? This seems to be more a factor of land erosion rather than rising sea levels.
Localised global warming..... its a thing man,.... stop asking questions and pay your carbon taxes or you will be jailed for climate discrimination .... you fascist!?!?!?!!?!? ;-)
Absolutely 💯
@@yowten8994 How long have you been living on Zanzibar?
If this was aired in 2009, then the 10 years mentioned to change the world and avoid catastrophe has passed in 2019, 4 years ago. Where is Maldives at in 2023, and where are we at?
I truly believe that my ex-wife's hot air is the catalyst for global warming!
I believe you more than the parasites funding this brainwashing
There have been different periods of climate change for billions of years. History shows that we can't stop the inevitable changes of climate,but we do adapt and survive
Naturally, the climate changes over millions of years-- not hundred of yearss, or even decades. Unfortunately for us, we cannot adapt to decades of quick change.
@lillybyte The medieval "warm" period lasted between the 10th and 14th centuries, followed by the little ice age period until the 19th century. Now in the 21st century,it's reasonable to believe that by roughly the 24th century,earth will see dramatic climate change.
Natural vs man made..
Amazing interview. The Maldives President is a most impressive man. I hope he does "change the world".
The Australian English is beautiful…I watch these videos as I do house work kinda like listening to a pidcast
I was stuck in the Maldives on my sailboat during Covid. After 180 days, I finally had to get my Embassy to intervene to remind the Maldives they cannot hold me as a prisoner if I wanter to sail away. There was no food, no water, I was a literal prisoner. I'd be more than happy to see the Maldives sink into the ocean.
I live in South Africa. The castle of Good Hope was built on the sea shores nearly 400 years ago. The sea has receded since then so much that it is not on the shore anymore, so if water starts rising again it only tells me that the world moves through stages. Its nothing new. Its just new for us in this generation. I wish everyone could understand that and not go on about climate change. Educate yourself first. Scientist found forests under the Arctic ice. How did it get there - at some stage it had to be not frozen. Think about it.
Be careful with facts, they are the very thing that the lunatic don’t like.
It does not mean the sea has receded. The Romans build Ostia Antica about 2000 years ago on the shores of the Mediterranean as a port city. Today, it is 2 miles from shore. Why? Sediments carried by the Tiber River built up new land over time.
Same with Winchelsea Beach and most of Romney Marsh it was all under water some 300 years ago, Rye was on the coast now it's 5 miles from the sea.
Is it just the Western world that causes global warming, as he stated? What about India, China and Russia? Are they not part of the problem also? Have these countries lowered their carbon footprint too?
It's the sun that warms the earth, the hot air out of filthy rich greedy globalists arses creates the climate scams. They just can't give up on world domination and money means nothing to them anymore. They need amusement and manipulating us is it.
I’m a home builder in south Florida, I predominantly build multi million dollar homes n barrier islands. Also lots of condominiums and hotels constantly under construction. I tell all my customers, if you build on a sandbar your have to willing to take that risk. And there are plenty of people investing Thierry hard earned money in these projects. Despite all the increased hurricane risk. But I can tell you one thing for certain, here in Florida water levels are rising, but our prediction is that we have at least 100 years to figure it out. The water is rising maybe one inch every 10 years. We will figure it out , we always do
If water levels were rising due to this problem it would be all beach front properties in all countries experiencing this same phenomenom. So since this is NOT the case, could it possibly be that literally the island is sinking, as opposed to rising water levels?
OMG.... stop
Your common sense isn't required in these comments
Exactly ..👍
This IS the case, however, it much less noticeable than on islands that are practically just sitting centimeters over the water.
PLEASE STOP YOUR MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE
My fishing spot exactly the same tide as 50 years ago not a millimetre higher
Can we make sure that this happened because of sea levels rising and not the Maldives sinking, which I suspect is the case.
Exactly!
Sand is always shifting worldwide. Some areas deplete other areas build-up, see before after aerial photos worldwide
I love how social media let's people broadcast their stupidity. Science predicted sea levels would rise. Then, guess what? The sea levels were confirmed to be rising. Then the idiots come out and say "No, the island is sinking."
@@NoNopeAndNo Don't let facts interfere with the climate change agenda.
@@chadcadsonvii5258 Yes, that's what is happening, the islands are sinking and are victims of natural storm erosion and build up. Boundaries of sand atoll islands are CONSTANTLY shifting, even if it's not particularly noticeable until someone shows up with a camera and drama laden rhetoric.
They did a core sample of a lake in newzealand and 4000 years ago They found shell fish. The sea level was 1 meter higher then. This lake is freshwater with no shellfish in it...
Many more islands face the same, like Kiribati. Nature gives and nature takes in a perfect way. People are part of nature, only we the people have developed a different 'mindset'.
Facts
The sad thing is that those who will die first are not the one causing the problem.
The climate is always changing, it has been that way since Earth formed.
And your point? Man has caused it to change faster than it was before.
Exactly
This is the first time 60 minutes Australia has an open comment section! I must comment that Liz Hayes has a fabulous hairstyle! I love her new look 🎉
Hope they don't search by newest comments first or it'll be shut off quick smart.
The report is actually 11-15 years old.The President Mohamed Nasheed was President from 2008 - 2012.
The oil companies make obscene amounts of profit while contributing the most destructive pollution and harm to the environment, they should be the major entity to fix their damages. Maybe they can build new supports to lift the islands, develop new seawalls with their profits, or like in water world build huge island ships that can carry Maldives on the water. Spend the time and money on repairing the damage instead of band aids.
Currently they and others are greedily eyeing off the Antarctic for the massive coal, oil, gas and other valuable mineral deposits found there. What do you suppose they'll be doing with those after the winner takes all?
Islands have come and gone ever since the earth was formed
I'm so sad because few years Maldives will disappear in the map, thanks for the Australian people who accepts this beautiful people from Maldives.
Save the Maldives!! What a beautiful nation, worth saving.
The sun controls the climate. Kill Gates can block it out for us.
save them as they welcome guests arriving of international flights lol
@@diorocks5858 😂
Don't fall for this deep state scam! Read Fiji islander Ben Duea's comment, 8 hours earlier than yours, begins "Strange how the water has gone up..." especially Paxphasmatis Riley's reply to him:
"I live bang smack on the edge of Moreton Bay..."
And what the hell do you propose ? Did it happened to you to think for a second that you are told lies too ?
This guy is so warm and I'm so glad Maldives seems to be in good hands. Bless the people of this land
Grow up
"It's not happening to me so it's not true"
TELL THAT TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO DOES.
We will save our country 🇲🇻❤️
Build artificial island like the Chinese are doing in the South China sea.
I like this guy! The Maldivian president is a real dude.
Yep real sharp at getting money from stupid suckers like Australia.
Parts of the Maldives are sinking and parts are rising. There has been almost no change to the surface area of the Maldives in 30 years. They even built 4 new airports in 2019. 35 years ago they said the Maldives would disappear in 30 years, yet they are still there.
I am just going to be honest, the president is very worried you can just see in hes face...but its good he's already thinking a head of time.
Haven’t you heard of the geological process of isostatic equilibrium?, ie as weight builds up on the crust the land sinks
Haven't you ever heard of carbon and melting glaciers? Putz
The expert David has spoken …. BS
@@justinmas299 have you ever ever BS
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
This has been happening because of the warming of the earth.
You're a good man Mr. Nashid. Instead of spending all your energy proving blame, etc, you are planning well in advance for your nation's future.
The report is 11-15 years old.He is no longer President as of 2012.He was President from 2008-2012
1:28 you say the sea is 'rising' but very clearly, in your video there, you see it's the LAND CHANGING.
Malta and the med use to have much more land and the channel Islands that separate the UK to Europe use to be land 18000 years ago. Warming happened, except it wasn't manmade. Oh and President Nasheed left the Presidency back in 2012, he was a "new" President in 2008, as the reporter said, and it's over 10 years now AND the Maldives are still their.
A beautiful paradise
and rich beautiful women there too
Thanks China🇨🇳 for continued
- building more and more *coal-fired power plants,* and
- burning more and more *fossil fuel.*
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
They came to my country and were murdered. We collect their heads as trophies.
Omg Maldives the most beautiful place on this planet. I wish to see the Maldives one day, that is my wish ❤
Beautiful Island ❤
The climate has changed so much in the history of the world. It's not the first to go under as is evident from so many civilisations now on the bottom of the ocean. For that matter retreating glaciers are show some of the oldest human hunting tools in an area that was entirely ice for hundreds of years. Thanks' Liz for further dramatizing natural earth changes.
Correct. All civilizations eventually get killed off by mass extinction events. We can't stop it, so why care? I've been cracking open old fridges to release the gas to help cool us all down. Thanks for not mentioning that, Liz.
Where did you get your degree in climatology? Do you have a Masters or a PhD in climatology?
The difference is that ice sheets retreating from the last glacial maximum took place over thousands of years (over 10,000). However, while the earth is naturally heating up as we exit the last ice age (the norm), human activity has accelerated this natural process by replicating what took nature about 5,000 years in only a century.
This is truly sad not only for the Maldives, but for all the rest of the island nations around the world.
60 Minutes Australia aired this 14 years ago to make us more aware of what's been going on.
And yet today,
these days, we could all call it crazy times...
with all the advancements in tech going on, people seems to be unconcerned about the very planet we live in. Sad... really.
Hasn't it yet occured to you, even once, that you've been lied too? No? Sad... really.
The Maldives is sinking, the oceans are not rising at the levels claimed. Wake up to the psyop before they use it to enslave you!
Desalination! A one word answer, that would cure most problems around the world.
What do we do with the leftover extracted salt and the nasty chemicals that are generated by these white elephants? We already have a bunch of these expensive dinosaur plants spread about the place and they are now rotting and corroding away. Back near the end of the first decade of the 21st Century we had this climate change cultist dork called Professor Tim Flannery who was the government's Chief advisor on all things climate changey.
He kept harping on about doom and disaster and telling us that Australia had passed the point of no return, so therefore we would be living in a permanent drought by 2012! Our governments loved it and spent up big time on de-sal plants. Cost taxpayer's a bundle and now most under-used, with many simply rusting and eroding away.
The government calls them a "backup plan" nowadays, but if they are needed in the future, most won't work because they haven't been maintained.
I think Professor Flannery holds the world record for the most climate doomsday predictions made that have failed to occur! Something like 26 predictions that he made which were all based on IPCC models, completely failed to occur. Another one of his predictions was that Sydney Harbour would be underwater by 2012! (He really hated the year 2012) hahah. Of course Professor Flannery not only talked the talk, but also walked the walk. His chosen place of residence being a very luxurious home on the Sydney waterfront! Bwwhahha! The only bigger hypocrite and failed climate change false prophet to come anywhere near him is "the oceans are boiling" Al Gore!
"We have just 10 years"
This video is from 2009 🤔🤷🏼♂️
You know there used to be Gondwana land things changed 😂 time to move !
Yep an over population of dinocows were responsible for sure! Damn those dinocows!
@@GazGuitarz 😂
I love this show❣
Water water everywhere
.....this time next year we ll all be under water and i dont even have a snorkel.That lifejacket in the wardrobe was hilarious
They could change this whole narrative the way the US and other places are trying to do it. The headline is something like:" Top 10 Sinking Cities". You see, foolish humans built skyscrapers too close to the ocean, and that's causing the land too sink. A lot of people have repeated just that without giving a thought to how long the skyscrapers have been there, and how only now is sea level rise increasing so fast. Maybe all the people in those skyscrapers gained a lot of weight!
Oh well. The oceans have gone up and down over the life of the life. At 3:30 that man literally LIED. It has not been "millions" of years since the coral reefs of the Maldives have had any issues. During the last ice age between 11,600 and 20,000 years ago, the oceans were 400 FEET lower than today. So there were not coral reefs in the Maldives like there are today.
Because we humans have built on islands and close to shore within the past 500 years or so does not make the rise and lowering of the oceans stop. So NOW it is a big problem??? The Co2 levels on Earth today are lower than what they should be. They are under 400 ppm when they should be closer to 1000 ppm. Yes, the Earth's climate is changing...AS IT ALWAYS HAS!!
the answer? MOVE.
My condolences to *climate change survivors* who are facing worse and worse natural disasters every year,
and now become propaganda victims of Chinese 🇨🇳 regime,
which hypothesized that climate change was a Western invention aimed at slowing down China's "rise".
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
Weird how the water level around USA is the same level as it was 30 years ago. Just Crazy. Perhaps has nothing to do with the climate but maybe the island is sinking??
I remember when I was I science classes in the 60’s and discussing how our amazing Earth takes care of it self dispute what man does. We discussed how our earth was headed for a cleansing. It was time and would happen, and it is happening.
Wait a minute didn't you say climate change was the reason for the water drying up🤔
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
It's called high tide.
It's also called volcanic activity.
The climate is always changing and we can't stop it, remember Doggerland. Sweden is rising in some part of the country.
maldives is beautiful, love to go there sometime
I live in north-east Canada, we see /directly/ with our own eyes what climate change is doing. We used to be a "cold" place, but every year we were/are breaking summer and winter warming temperatures-- and the ice bergs floating around us are getting bigger and bigger as they break from the north glaciers. Not to mention, our land in the north is literally exploding as the permafrost thaws out, methane pockets thaw and explode from the ground, sending more methane into the air than the planet can deal with. People in more temperate climates have no idea what is coming for them until it is too late... for them. We started it, but now it is self-cycling and we /can't/ stop it. Every time in history the planet changed temperature by 2C... all large animals on the planet went extinct. We are not special, it is our turn next. And we cannot stop it.
I'm glad you admit climate has changed multiple times in the past WITHOUT human intervention. Perhaps others can also admit that truth, put the hysteria behind us, and get on with our lives. It's MUCH more productive to simply adapt to changes than pretend that we can order the sea to obey us. King Canute demonstrated the folly of that.
Omg are u serious I guess the more Justin Trudeau breaks us and we pay for weather changes it will fix it all eh?? You r def vaxxed.
It's the same as it's always been. We must adapt or die. That's it. While this may be occurring and painted as bad. I suppose it will eventually make a place like Greenland, a habital place. The earth has always changed and always will. Who promised us that it wouldn't?
this man was before Greta , and my question is why did you not listen before a white person sounded the alarm ?
I have seen this along the Mozambique coastline for decades.. even as far back at 2006 tarred roads 100 meters out in the waves. I can only tell you what I have seen ..... planting trees on the beach and seeing them washed away a few years later. again....beach volley ball courts ... washed away. Island Resorts try to pack huge tubes of sand along the coastline to keep the water from the lodges. The ocean is coming in. There is no question about that unless you don't live on the ocean. Why less or more in some places..... well that probably has to do with tides and movement but there is no doubt that is a reality.
The only and urgent way to save Maldives from disappearing due to a rise in sea level and tsunamis is to construct Ocean Walls by the usage of non-biodegradable wastes.
One efficient way to dispose off the non-biodegradable waste is to recycle it for construction purposes.
The non-recyclable metal-plastic waste is crushed to form bricks which can be used to construct cemented Ocean Walls so that both the problems ( flooding and waste disposal) can be taken care of simultaneously.
The government and private companies have to share the expenditure for the waste disposal in the construction of ocean walls.
The height of these Ocean Walls should be 6m (20ft) to beat the rise of tsunami waves and the strength of the wall should be 3m (9ft) so that it could stall away tsunami waves effectively. One can imagine a "China wall" standing as an example for the thickness and strength purposes for the design of ocean walls around the entire circumference of all 26 islands of Maldives.
Maldives is the world trade hub therefore, a "Skyscraper" tower should be constructed for 400 business companies and 30,000 occupants to run the business in an area of just 1sq.km of the island.
Each household should have one compost pit/tub for processing bio-degradable waste. Even more, for the resorts island which should not be permitted to throw their waste into the ocean or anywhere else (Thilafushi). They should have their own waste disposal mechanisms in place. If they know how to make profit they should equally be held responsible for the environment degradation.
The Tax reforms in this regard is a viable option.
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Things have been “lost to climate change” since the beginning of time.
Erosion is a natural occurrence. It is a stretch to pin it on climate change.
Tectonic movements can change landscapes, lifting or sinking pockets of land. Let's not forget that we are living on floating land crust and there is molten liquid underneath.
I would love to see more governments with the insight this one man is showing.
It's a sandy beach.
Perhaps erosion has more to do with it than much else.
It’s a coral island, as coral/weight builds up it sinks
@@davidanderson7138
Hello David, I have been living on a coral island for the last 17yrs. and the ocean is my front yard. I haven't noticed any changes in the water level other than the change of tides.
Coral islands sinking under their own weight is quite a novel idea.
@@douglascolman4501 exactly changing tides. Our low tide in some areas now actually gives us more land. Our boats are now on land. Never happened and now a few times a year the tide is so low. They will have to move all the infrastructure to fix this.
Bingo!
I recently saw a video of organic material 3D printed shapes that are naturally encourage permaculture. Not sure if those would work under water. And could the Maldives be seen as a place to try new architecture like floating cities?
Look up "Biorock"
Fact- Our average temperature has gone up one whole degree celcius when compared to the coldest year ever on record so with that in mind im not concerned at all. Are we sure the Maldives arent "sinking" due to tectonic or volcanic issues...?
This show presented only ONE possible climate-related fact: ONE beach is eroding. Beaches around the world build up and erode over the decades. ONE beach means nothing.
The "coral expert" didn't utter a single fact. Nothing about changing ocean temperature or ph. He simply opined that the coral was all going to die. I strongly suspect he said exactly the same thing a decade ago when Australia's Great Coral Reef was bleached and not doing well, but now it has come back very strongly.
This whole story was just Chicken Little running around saying the sky is falling.
This is so depressing. I need to do more. 🤦🏾♀️🙏🏾
Try becoming a Breatharian. I wish you the best of luck!
Oh so sad and yet no one should be surprised. Poor Mother Earth
If this is the case then land in northern latitudes that were once too cold now May become livable.
How much land has been lost in Sydney Harbour. Water levels are the same as always.
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
Hope you can swim.
@@bernardofitzpatrick5403Clime change BS are for people who don't bother to educate themselves. This documentary is 14 years old and the see level in that area is the same. BDW do a basic physics experiment: glass full of ice, top until it riches the edge of glass. Fill up with water to a very top- the same level as the ice. Clean dry a space/table around the glas. Wait for few hours, room temperature, until ice melts. If you don't move the glass or the table you will see that ice melted but not a drop of water spilled. Basic physics. That is why the see level will never raise.
They have been saying this for years.
The tides moving around the islands move sand deposits and the water temperature changes as the currents change.
Climate change is commonly known as weather.
Show the beaches on other islands that have increased
And 12 thousand years ago you could walk from Victoria to Tasmania or Russia to Alaska
Is the Maldives actually being effected by rising sea levels or is it sinking? How many flights in and out of the Maldives everyday and surely the pollution causes climate change. So they're a victim of there own success.
YES.
@@williamgarcia1909 No, Clime change BS are for people who don't bother to do any research by themselves. This documentary is 14 years old and the see level in that area is the same. BDW do a basic physics experiment: glass full of ice, top until it riches the edge of glass. Fill up with water to a very top- the same level as the ice. Clean dry a space/table around the glas. Wait for few hours, room temperature, until ice melts. If you don't move the glass or the table you will see that ice melted but not a drop of water spilled. Basic physics. That is why the see level will never raise.
Sorry people, GOD IS THE ONLY ONE CAN CHANGE CLIMATE
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
Perhaps they should hire some Dutch consultants about land reclamation and recovery.
Omg the earth is changing??????!!!!!! No fuckiny way! Like it has been for 5 million years?!!!!! Woaaahh who woulda guessed it.
I'd like to ask why there doesn't appear to be any rise in sea water around the fringes of the Indian Ocean. Could it be that the earths crust is subsiding in the area of the Maldives? The opposite of the Himalayas. Is global warming financially important to those that choose to believe it and promote it, possibly! However, explain the large increase in ice shelves in the Antarctic since 2019? let's all just ask ourselves a few logical questions before we all run around, screaming doom with our hands in the air! Personally, I think it's all completely natural and the earths climate cycle continues as it has done for millennia! The outcome of all this miss interpretation of data and chasing of net zero, will bankrupt the industrial West, this intern will create shortages globally, creating famine in more challenged societies. The world has never been in such a good place as this last century with less poverty and famine globally every day, but surely this will decline with ineffective, green, energy, alternatives, and the loss of essential traditional energy sources in the western world. A certain country that is building two coal fired power stations a week while ignoring net zero, and the so-called climate crisis will become all powerful. Let's all just take a deep breath and think about it, very seriously!
Another armchair scientist who literally has no idea what he's talking about. The warm pools are getting even warmer and sending humidity into the atmosphere which creates more rain. Also, they are most certainly rising. Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly and threatening coastal areas and islands. Sea-level rise is especially high along the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java.
No way. This must be "woke"
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and spread their lies.
A fundie Christian American are you?