The vanishing island - a compelling photostory by the Canberra Times

In the wash of environmental and geopolitical changes that flow from the warming of the planet, Taro (Island in the Solomons) is a drop in the ocean. But it is also an early marker of what lies ahead. As Peter Dutton joked with Tony Abbott about water lapping at the doors of Pacific Islanders, the people of Taro were weighing warnings that their home would be among the first - of dozens? hundreds? thousands? - of largely blameless communities swallowed by the ocean as sea levels rise.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/interactive/2015/the-vanishing-island/