Archive: January, 2014 | Tuvalu Odyssey

Making sand

  • 25 January 2014
Making sand

At only a few metres above sea level, Tuvalu faces threat from rising waters.  One of the projects aimed at finding a way to shore up Tuvalu's shoreline is a project to "grow" sand.  The sand is really...

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The 10,000 project

  • 18 January 2014
The 10,000 project

Tuvalu is tiny, both in land area and population.  Only 26km² of land (across 9 atolls/islands spread over a vast area of the Pacific Ocean) makes it the fourth tiniest nation in the world by area. Its population...

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Another Odyssey to Tuvalu

  • 12 January 2014
Another Odyssey to Tuvalu

One of the reasons I set up this site was to add to the few online photo galleries showing what Tuvalu looks like.  It’s a beautiful place, and needs to be protected.  But who else has been to Tuvalu,...

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