TEPUKA ISLET, TUVALU: A coconut palm succumbs to sand erosion on the shore of Tepuka Islet on Funafuti Atoll, 22 February 2004, as rising sea levels inundate many of Tuvalu’s low islands. Tuvaluans fear that global warming induced changes in sea level coupled with king tides and cyclones will soon render their Polynesian archipelago uninhabitable. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)
