Nauru drowns

http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/12/climate-change-nauru-cancun?utm_source=feedburner

Actually, this little speck used to be something of a favorite amongst geographers in the late 60's and early 70's.  As the article diplomatically points out, it's entire economy was based on bird shit.  Another thing not pointed out was that for a few years, that made the inhabitants fabulously wealthy.  The per capita income was the highest in the world!  People bought all sorts of junk - most of it unusable on an island with scant power, roads, etc.  It was always known that the good times couldn't last, and I'd heard (second hand) that the plan was to use some of that wealth to just buy a new island.  Apparently, that didn't happen, with predictable results....