Solomon Island villages shrinking due to rising sea levels

"On Monday, the water will be up to here," said Busu village resident Steven Hari, pointing to a high-tide mark in the sand, roughly 2 meters from the current shoreline of his island home.In two days, the tides are predicted to swell and almost reach a small, thatched-roof hut, closest to the coast."Climate change is definitely affecting our community," Hari said.Busu is one of many remote villages built on artificial islands situated along Langa Langa Lagoon, in the northwest of the Solomon Islands' Malaita Province.Walking around his village, Hari explains that parts of his island have be…READ FULL ARTICLE