The Maldives - Our global warming Canary???

"Few countries in the world face as immediate a threat from climate change as the Republic of Maldives, a low-lying group of atolls in the Indian Ocean whose coastline is eroding and whose water supplies are now being infiltrated by saltwater from the sea."

The title link is to a Washington Post article which clearly covers what the residents of the Maldives are experiencing, and what they are doing to deal with warming oceans, and sea level rise. The Maldives is definitely a country to follow as an indicator of what is happening to highly sensitive countries as the global climate changes.

 President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives at an underwater cabinet meeting.