DOOM AND GLOOM AND… A BOOMING TOURISM INDUSTRY?
In 2004, the BBC warned the Maldives were "soon to be uninhabitable," claiming sea levels were rising 0.9 cm per year and that 80% of the islands could vanish within a century.
More than two decades later though, reality says otherwise.
The Maldives haven't sunk, they've… pic.twitter.com/im8GNHlx4l
— Electroverse (@Electroversenet) April 9, 2026