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The island capital Funafuti's highest point is just two metres above sea-level, and two of its nine coral atolls are already largely swamped by rising seas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Located at the end of Chain of Craters Road on the island of Hawaii, also called "the big island", the formation was a popular - and heavily photographed - tourist destination.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050, with Pacific island countries experiencing sea level rise at twice the global average, said the report released in August.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

If so, it will inevitably bring huge social and humanitarian disruption which the stricken island is ill-equipped to cope with.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

At any moment, if hot weather came, our island could break up and be washed away by the waves.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

When he was 15, he spent nearly three months living in Rapa Nui, one of the world’s most remote Polynesian islands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

They’ve floated ideas like buying remote islands, stockpiling iodine pills, or moving to electromagnetically shielded bunkers in the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Some of the highest prices can be found at garages in Scotland's islands, where fuel is 50p a litre more expensive than that sold at supermarkets in the central belt.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The largest of the islands, Honshu, is in an especially precarious position, straddling the boundary between the Eurasian and North American Plates.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland