Friday, March 7, 2025

Nauru, a tiny Pacific country, is selling citizenship for $105,000 to save itself from rising seas

 Nauru, a tiny Pacific country, is selling citizenship for $105,000 to save itself from rising seas | CNN (Thanks to Finn Z for this one)

Nauru, pictured in 2024, lies northeast of Australia and northwest of Tuvalu and is known for its phosphate mining history. The 12,500 population now lives along the coasts as the mining left 80% of the island uninhabitable. 
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