Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. The tiny islet of Tepuka Savilivili has been cited as possible evidence of climatic change, as its coconut trees and sandbanks have disappeared leaving it just a small stretch of rock.
Peter Bennetts Lonely Planet Photographer
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