Maldives Considers Buying Dry Land if Seas Rise

By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: November 10, 2008
The president-elect of the Maldives, a nation of 1,200 low islands in the Indian Ocean, is planning to establish an investment fund with some of its earnings from tourism so it can buy a haven for its citizens should global warming raise sea levels at a dangerous pace, according to several news reports.