I grew up in the US state of Maryland, which (for folks who don't know) features a good chunk of the Chesapeake Bay. It's a big part of Maryland identity.
It's weird to be reading about all the islands sinking into it due to climate change.
Not in the future. Right now.
It's weird to be reading about all the islands sinking into it due to climate change.
Not in the future. Right now.
(No, it's not ELUSIVELY due to climate change, but climate change isn't helping.)
Holland Island, for example. it used to look like this.
Holland Island, for example. it used to look like this.
And then it started sinking, and was abandoned.
Some residents actually disassembled their houses and took them with them to the mainland, but at least one household didn't.
It's been a tourist attraction for years. or WAS, anyway. It finally fell into the sea, semi-recently.
Some residents actually disassembled their houses and took them with them to the mainland, but at least one household didn't.
It's been a tourist attraction for years. or WAS, anyway. It finally fell into the sea, semi-recently.
And there are a whole lotta other islands like this right now. Inhabited islands full of oyster and crab fishers, who're like "Yeah, we've lost 50% of the island's land mass in the last 100 years. I'm the last generation. This village won't exist in 2050."
A short doc on one of the islands in the line of fire, Tangier. (It's in Virginia, though, which is next door to Maryland.)
Anyone who buys seafront property in this day and age is absolutely out of their minds.
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