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Agricultural and Forestry Science Sinking islands: Does the rise of sea level endanger the
Architecture and Construction Takuu Atoll in the Pacific? VideoLinks
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02.02.2016
Business and Finance
In the last decades, sea level has been rising continuously – about 3.3 mm per
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year. For reef islands such as the Maldives or the Marshall Islands a sinister picture
Earth Sciences is being painted evoking the demise of the island states and their cultures. Are the
Ecology, The Environment and effects of sea-level rise already noticeable on reef islands? Scientists from the ZMT
Conservation have now answered this question for the Takuu Atoll, a group of Pacific islands,
Health and Medicine located northeast of Papua New Guinea.

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In the last decades, sea level has been rising continuously – about 3.3 mm per
Interdisciplinary Research
year. For reef islands such as the Maldives or the Marshall Islands a sinister picture
Life Sciences
is being painted evoking the demise of the island states and their cultures.
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Are the effects of sea-level rise
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already noticeable on reef islands?
Medical Engineering Scientists from the ZMT have now
Physics and Astronomy answered this question for the Takuu
Power and Electrical Engineering Atoll, a group of Pacific islands,
located northeast of Papua New
Process Engineering
Guinea.
Social Sciences

Studies and Analyses Reef islands are among the

landforms most vulnerable to the rise
Transportation and Logistics
of the sea level. Researchers have
In the Takuu Atoll
already predicted that the Takuu Atoll
Anke Mösinger, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine
with its ancient Polynesian culture
Further sponsors Ecology
will no longer be habitable within the
next decades. The island government
is said to have already made plans to
relocate the community as so-called
“climate refugees”. The alarming
problem has also been the focus of
an award-winning documentary
called “There Once Was An Island”
from 2010.

... more about: Not

» Marine Tropenökologie
» Tropical Marine Ecology
Ritual dances in the Takuu Atoll
» ZMT » coastal ecosystems
» coral reefs » sea level » sea- Anke Mösinger, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine
level rise » waves Ecology

many studies, however, have as yet

investigated the visible effects of
climate change on reef islands. For the first time ZMT geologist Dr. Thomas Mann Event News
has now examined the changes in vegetated land area and the position of the 2nd International Conference on
coastline on Takuu since 1943 by closely studying areal photographs from the UV LED Technologies &
Second World War and an extensive set of satellite images. “The result came as Applications – ICULTA 2020 | Call
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quite a surprise to us,” he says.
24.06.2019 | Event News
“Although the rise of the sea level started about 100 years ago and has been
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progressing much faster since the 1990s, the vegetated land area of the Takuu
together industry leaders and data
islands has grown by a total of three percent between 1943 and 2012.” scientists in Karlsruhe

Although a reversing trend has emerged since 2008, the loss of land however 29.04.2019 | Event News

happened too suddenly to be attributed to sea-level rise. The erosion started Revered mathematicians and
immediately after the atoll was affected by storm waves, which eroded large parts computer scientists converge with
of the islands’ coasts and contributed to the horror scenario of the sinking islands. 200 young researchers in
“After such climate events islands can recover – albeit very slowly,” says Dr. Heidelberg!
Thomas Mann. “Our data have shown that the renewal of the islands already 17.04.2019 | Event News

started a few years after the storm tide.”

Changing beach dimensions also added to the

picture of the sinking Takuu Atoll, but the
beaches only decreased in size on a number of find and help
islands – a process which was in fact man-
made as the islanders removed large amounts of sand to erect artificial hills on to the campaign page >>>
which they traditionally built houses for the village elders. Furthermore, the
islanders had constructed a massive seawall on the main island of Nukutoa to Latest News
safeguard against storm tides. Instead of smoothly rolling onto the shallow shore
Heat transport through single
the waves now hit the wall with huge force, whirling up and seizing the sandy beach molecules
below. 19.07.2019 | Physics and
Astronomy
“Overall, our data do not allow any conclusion that current sea-level rise has had a
negative effect on the Takuu islands in the last 70 years,” explains Dr. Mann. Coral Welcome Committee for Comets
islands are also not powerless against sea-level rise, he says. “These islands are 19.07.2019 | Earth Sciences
lined with living corals, which can grow up to 20 cm per year. Entire coral reefs can
Better thermal conductivity by
still grow by around 8 mm a year, so in a manner of speaking they are faster than
adjusting the arrangement of
the current rise of the sea level.” atoms

However, a coral reef can only keep up the pace if it is in healthy condition and not 19.07.2019 | Physics and
Astronomy
impaired by pollution, higher water temperature or destructive fishing methods. Dr.
Mann says: “The health of coral reefs is a deciding factor for the future stability of
reef islands.”

Publications: VideoLinks
Mann, T., Westphal, H. (2015) Multi-decadal shoreline changes on Takú Atoll, Papua Science & Research
New Guinea: Observational evidence of early reef island recovery after the impact
of storm waves. Geomorphology 257. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.028
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for the automotive
Mann, T., Bayliss-Smith, T., Westphal, H. (2015). A Geomorphic Interpretation of industry
Shoreline Change Rates on Reef Islands. Journal of Coastal Research. DOI: Re-activating of
adhesives on
10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00093.1 automotive glass

Contact:
Dr. Thomas Mann The incredible
power of light!
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Light is more than
Tel: 0421 / 23800-132 you can see.
Email: [email protected]

About the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology NASA | A Year in
In research and education the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) in the Life of Earth's
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Bremen is dedicated to the better understanding of tropical coastal ecosystems. As NASA Computer
an interdisciplinary Leibniz institute the ZMT conducts research on the structure and Model Provides a New
Portrait of Carbon Dioxide
functioning of tropical coastal ecosystems and their reaction to natural changes and
human interactions. It aims to provide a scientific basis for the protection and
sustainable use of these ecosystems. The ZMT works in close cooperation with Black Holes Come
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partners in the tropics, where it supports capacity building and the development of The new movie
infrastructures in the area of sustainable coastal zone management. The ZMT is a "Interstellar" explores
a longstanding
member of the Leibniz Association.
fascination, but UA
astrophysicists are
using cutting-edge technology to go
Dr. Susanne Eickhoff | idw - Informationsdienst Wissenschaft one better.

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