The Urgent Islands
In this editorial, the New York Times paraphrases the old saw, ‘If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?’, asking, ‘If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country?’ For the Marshall Islands, a low-lying Micronesian nation, it’s a real question, given the predicted rise in sea-level.
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