The Pacific Islanders fighting to save their homes from catastrophe

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Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes and triggering displacement. Those able to stay are spearheading inventive adaptation techniques in a bid to secure their future On Sikaiana Atoll, a tiny islet in the Solomon Islands home to 300 people, rising sea levels are anything but a distant projection. High tides regularly wash into areas that used to stay dry year round, and the freshwater reservoir beneath the atoll is increasingly contaminated by sea water pushing up from below, compromising not only the soil in which villagers grow traditional root crops like taro, but also the wells they rely on for drinking water. It’s a similar story across the Pacific, where small island nations like Tonga, Fiji and Samoa are suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change. Rising seas and i
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