Comments on: The Sinking Islands of Kiribati http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/ Tripping Around the Virtual World with Google Earth Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nick http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Nick Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:57:49 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-1315 Do some research Paavo and you'll discover there is more than one "Christmas Island". ;) Do some research Paavo and you’ll discover there is more than one “Christmas Island”. ;)

]]> By: Paavo http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Paavo Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:26:34 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-1314 Christmas Island is nowhere near Kiribati. It's located in the Indian Ocean, 310miles off the coast of Java and 6000miles away from Kiribati. It's a territory of Australia and definitely not sinking, and not an atoll either, but rather a top of an old volcano, rising some 13000feet from the ocean floor. Christmas Island is nowhere near Kiribati. It’s located in the Indian Ocean, 310miles off the coast of Java and 6000miles away from Kiribati. It’s a territory of Australia and definitely not sinking, and not an atoll either, but rather a top of an old volcano, rising some 13000feet from the ocean floor.

]]> By: Andy http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Andy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:41:49 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-1018 These pictures of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) are very bad examples. What you see on the Pictures is the effect of an raising (not an sinking) atoll. The big lagoon is partially drying out. Check wiki for more details. These pictures of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) are very bad examples.

What you see on the Pictures is the effect of an raising (not an sinking) atoll. The big lagoon is partially drying out.

Check wiki for more details.

]]> By: piers http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 piers Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:21:49 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-1006 Ok so the sea level is rising a little but aren't atolls ancient sinking volcanoes where the coral has replaced the land. Seems inevitable that atolls will eventually sink into the depths... Ok so the sea level is rising a little but aren’t atolls ancient sinking volcanoes where the coral has replaced the land. Seems inevitable that atolls will eventually sink into the depths…

]]> By: james http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 james Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:51:36 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-1000 hey!!, i did know that just search more for our research too.. is that so? then fine. hey!!,
i did know that just search more for our research too..
is that so?
then fine.

]]> By: Darryl http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Darryl Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:30:28 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-898 Nick, check out the book, "The Sex Lives of Cannibals," by Maarten Troost. He and his wife spent 2 years on Tarawa, Kiribati. I think your opinion of Kiribati as a paradise will change after reading. Nick, check out the book, “The Sex Lives of Cannibals,” by Maarten Troost. He and his wife spent 2 years on Tarawa, Kiribati. I think your opinion of Kiribati as a paradise will change after reading.

]]> By: Dinosaur Spotting on the Island of Kauai « Virtual Tripping http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Dinosaur Spotting on the Island of Kauai « Virtual Tripping Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:42:11 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-180 [...] few disgruntled, man-eating dinosaurs, that island would be paradise on Earth, well, at least after Kiribati has [...] [...] few disgruntled, man-eating dinosaurs, that island would be paradise on Earth, well, at least after Kiribati has [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Mark Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:42:30 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-135 Hey Nick, i did not know that the islands were sinking but that has come to no surprise to me as i have heard that parts of the uk are sinking aswell, I think it is possibly to do with rising sea levels caused partly by the melting glaziers in the artic and in the antartic, but i may be wrong. Hey Nick, i did not know that the islands were sinking but that has come to no surprise to me as i have heard that parts of the uk are sinking aswell, I think it is possibly to do with rising sea levels caused partly by the melting glaziers in the artic and in the antartic, but i may be wrong.

]]> By: Mum http://www.virtualtripping.com/the-sinking-islands-of-kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Mum Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:38:30 +0000 http://www.virtualtripping.com/?p=235#comment-133 I enjoyed te article, Nick, but it does seem we are wasting our time saving on CO2 emmissions I enjoyed te article, Nick, but it does seem we are wasting our time saving on CO2 emmissions

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