- Tegua
Tegua is an island in
Vanuatu 'sTorres Islands chain. About 100 residents of Tegua were evacuated by the government because rising sea levels were flooding their island. The flooding is thought to be linked toglobal warming .fact|date=January 2008One geological study found that of four islands in the group, Tegua had the slowest inferred uplift rate at 0.7 mm/yr for southeastern Tegua. A "narrow E-W trending block has been down-dropped relative to the rest of the isle.
Please note that not all experts agree global warming may be a factor.As discussed by Patrick J. Michaels, the author of several books on climate change, in this article: [http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5C%5CCulture%5C%5Carchive%5C%5C200512%5C%5CCUL20051207a.html] According to submarine data and satellite imagery, Tegua has not had any sea level rise in the last 50years. He also states that a United Nations intergovernmental panel reports a declining frequency in tropical storms in the South Pacific in recent decades.Although the Tegua island issue has been taken up by many environmentalists, there is room for doubt as to what the real problem is.This of course does not diminish in anyway the global warming problem" [cite journal
last = TAYLOR
first = F. W.
coauthors = C. JOUANNIC, AND A. L. BLOOM
title = QUATERNARY UPLIFT OF THE TORRES ISLANDS, NORTHERN NEW HEBRIDES FRONTAL ARC: COMPARISON WITH SANTO AND MALEKULA ISLANDS, CENTRAL NEW HEBRIDES FRONTAL ARC
journal = Journal of Geology
volume = 93
pages = 419–438
publisher = University of Chicago
date = 1985
doi = 0022-1376/85/9304-003
accessdate = ]References
External links
* [http://www.volcano.vu/tegua.html]
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