The Sea Level

Most people, especially for Pacific Islanders, are aware of the sea level change which may be caused by many factors, but none of them has deeper sensation of flooding than Tuvaluan. | Tuvalu, a coral country, consists of nine low-lying islands in the central Pacific between the latitudes of 5 and 10 degrees south, has an average elevation of 2 meters up to sea level. | Meanwhile, the maximum sea level recorded was 3.44m on February 28th 2006 that damaged Tuvaluan's property badly. | Local people called the flooding water oozes up out of the ground "King Tide", that happened almost once or twice a year, which destroyed the plant, polluted their freshwater, and forced them to colonize to some other countries.