BLUE PLANET
Sep 16, 2020
3 minutes
@misspamplemousse
THAT DREAMY SMATTERING of sandbars and reefs suspended in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives, is one of the most disparate countries in the world, with turquoise water at every turn. No wonder castaways and honeymooners have headed there for decades for the ultimate secluded hideaway. Composed of
26 atolls made of around 1100 coral islands, none more than two metres above sea level, the ‘lowest country on earth’ today faces a critical juncture. Climate change, rising seas and coral bleaching threaten its very existence and,
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