Maldives eyes floating homes, golf course as sea levels rise

COLOMBO: The Maldives faces the threat of extinction from rising sea levels, but the government said yesterday it was looking to the future with plans to build homes and a golf course that float.

An increase in sea levels of just 18 to 59 centimetres (seven to 24 inches) would make the Maldives – a nation of tiny coral islands in the Indian Ocean – virtually uninhabitable by 2100, the UN’s climate change panel has warned.