The history of these amazing ruins remains a mixture of fact and fiction, theory and evidence and oral history. Carole Nervig, originator of the Nan Madol Foundation, presents a visual tour of Nan Madol. She recounts its past based on oral histories shared with her by Pohnpei elders during her tour there with the Peace Corps in 1970. Charles Fletcher of the University of Hawai'i's Department of Geology and Geophysics discusses the challenges of effective management Hawai'i's coastal resources in the face of institutional realities in government. His program highlights natural hazards and environmental sustainability along our coastal zone.
Warm water expands, and the ocean rises.
Rising sea levels, along with extreme weather events, such as severe droughts and mega-hurricanes, threaten to wipe out Pacific coastal and marine ecosystems and even entire island nations. The film Rising Waters was produced and directed by Andrea Torrice in association with the Independent Television Service and Pacific Islanders in Communications. Filmed in Samoa, Kiribati, Micronesia and Hawai'i, Rising Waters expresses the concerns of scientists and Pacific islanders and illustrates the physical and cultural impacts caused by global warming.