Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Scientists at Deltares have built a 50-metre scale replica of a coral reef island in the Deltares Delta Flume to explore how its real-life counterparts might be impacted by rising sea levels. The model has been designed to mimic atoll islands in the Maldives and the Pacific Ocean, thought to be among the most vulnerable parts of the planet as the climate changes.

Researchers hope the experiment, combined with fieldwork and numerical modelling, will give them an indication of precisely how the islands might respond if sea levels and the frequency of extreme weather events continue to increase.

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