Facing extinction

Our domain name is redshark.tv - the .tv bit comes from a tiny island in the pacific called Tuvalu. It makes around $5 million a year from all the .tv domain names.

Sadly, Tuvalu is expected to be one of the first countries in the world to be completely lost to climate change. The three coral islands and six atolls that make up the country have a total land mass of less than 26 sq km. At current rates of rising sea level, some estimates suggest that by 2100, 95% of land will be flooded by periodic king tides, making it essentially uninhabitable.

Most of us can’t even imagine how that must feel – to be scared of your future, knowing that in your lifetime where you live may no longer exist.

In the face of this reality, work is under way in Tuvalu to reclaim land, as well as ways to preserve its culture and history online. Ground breaking plans could see Tuvalu become the first wholly digitised nation existing in the metaverse.

Have a read of this article…

https://lnkd.in/emGtwdXa