Before Kiribati submerges, seawater incursion will make atolls in Kiribati unable to support life anymore

Climate change and it impacts is a reality in Kiribati.

I was staying at a Government quarters in the vicinity of the coastline at the ocean side of Bikenibue Village in South Tarawa the Capital of Kiribati. During last spring tide in August 2009, I woke up one morning to see water covering all the ground area in front of my home. I knew that it was not raining that night so I wondered where that water came from.

I went and had a closer look and I could see small holes in the ground in which water is bubbling out from them. Seawater is coming out from the ground as a consequence of a very high tide during that morning.

Seawater incursion is a reality in Kiribati and it is a threat to the limited food trees and the major source of drinking water, the ground water. Before Kiribati submerges, seawater incursion will make atolls in the Republic of Kiribati unable to support life anymore and become uninhabitable.