“The science tells us that Tuvalu, which I often hear about, is actually growing not sinking,”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Kelly's claim checks out. In the four decades to 2014, Tuvalu's total land area grew by 73 hectares, or 2.9 per cent. The expert behind this research told Fact Check the nation's islands were continually adjusting, and that the new land was habitable. But that's not to say Pacific nations are not at risk from rising seas. One expert told Fact Check that among the Solomon Islands, for example, reef and volcanic islands had disappeared or been eroded, in some cases displacing indigenous comm...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Craig Kelly (Liberal MP) made this claim. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 19 December 2018. Its rating was “Checks out”.
Where the claim appeared
- theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2018/nov/09/liberal-mp-craig-kelly-argues-again…
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