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Climate Change in Tuvalu

The wreck of the ship 'Van Camp' lies off of the coast of the island of Fongafale in the Funafuti atoll. The ship ran aground during a typhoon in the 1970's. The last remnants of the ship's shell are slowly disappearing to the ocean. Tuvalu is made up of a collection of small islands and coral atolls, totalling only 27 square kilometres, scattered over 500,000 square kilometres of ocean. The highest point throughout the country is only 5 metres above sea level, resulting in special vulnerability to sea level rise. Funafuti, Tuvalu. March, 2019.

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Contained in galleries: Tuvalu: Beneath The Rising Tide [2019]

The wreck of the ship 'Van Camp' lies off of the coast of the island of Fongafale in the Funafuti atoll. The ship ran aground during a typhoon in the 1970's. The last remnants of the ship's shell are slowly disappearing to the ocean. Tuvalu is made up of a collection of small islands and coral atolls, totalling only 27 square kilometres, scattered over 500,000 square kilometres of ocean. The highest point throughout the country is only 5 metres above sea level, resulting in special vulnerability to sea level rise. Funafuti, Tuvalu. March, 2019.