Why rising sea levels pose existential threat to the Bahamas - extract

In her new book, Christina Gerhardt explains why the Caribbean island group faces such huge risks from climate breakdownThe commonwealth of the Bahamas is an archipelago of more than 700 islands, of which 30 are inhabited, and more than 2,000 small islets or cays. The islands form part of the Lucayan Archipelago, named after the region's Indigenous Lucayan people, a branch of the Tai?no people who lived on most Caribbean islands.The islands' name derives either from the Tai?no ba ha ma ("big upper middle land") or from the later Spanish baha mar ("shallow sea"), describing the shallow waters around the islands. Continue reading...