When you see a sinking boat in the middle of a ocean most probably boat will disappeared from your vision. You find difficult to hear this or take it as a joke when news from local TV or news saying Maldives will be not existed in world map in next century. I heard such a story saying that Maldives will disappear in 2050 when I was very young but as like you first I thought it was joke. Though it was an end result of a research done by some scientists many people even never dream of such a tragedy will come to them. I believe the truth, nature can change anything. A tsunami will come and washed off these small coral islands.
But today it was a different story. This period was extended to another 50 years. So it means there will be no Maldives in the year 2100. This was based on a scientific calculations and changes into the sea level rising and so many other factors.
The average height of the Maldives is 1.5 meters above mean sea level. With a United Nations climate panel forecasting world sea levels likely to rise by up to 59cm by 2100. Quote “Therefore, if the rate of sea level rise per century is 59cm, it would take a couple of centuries at the most to totally inundate the entire Maldives” President
For your remembrance The Maldives was the first country to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol.
Source:
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/05/10122984.html
When you see a sinking boat in the middle of a ocean most probably boat will disappeared from your vision. You find difficult to hear this or take it as a joke when news from local TV or news saying 
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