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News in Brief Wednesday, July 22 Facebook

Fodhdhoo, population 345, has one thing to sell: its reef. A year ago, MTCC began dredging an MVR 49.8 million harbour directly over it. Today the project stands at 10 percent complete – halted by a broken excavator and a shortage of imported boulders – while sediment clouds the lagoon, sea anemones die off and guests cancel their bookings. The project’s own environmental assessment flagged high live coral cover at the site before work began. Satellite images show what a year of slow-motion dredging has done since. Hassan Moosa reports from Noonu Fodhdhoo. https://maldivesindependent.com/environment/guesthouses-count-the-cost-as-stalled-harbour-smothers-fodhdhoo-reef-7899 Facebook

News in Brief Tuesday, July 21 Facebook

When climatologist Ahmed Shabin wrote for us in June, El Niño was a probability. It is now confirmed, strengthening, and forecast to peak between November and January – possibly among the strongest events since 1950. For the Maldives, the risk to reefs doesn’t arrive with the peak. In both 1998 and 2016, mass bleaching struck in the warm season that followed, which points to roughly March to May 2027. That leaves months of lead time. Two things make this event different from the ones before it. Scientists concluded in December that warm-water reefs have already crossed their thermal tipping point, so the heat will arrive on a system with less left to give. Our explainer on the timeline, the record and what to watch: https://maldivesindependent.com/explainer/el-nio-is-here-what-it-means-for-maldivian-reefs-66d4 Facebook

މޭ މަހު 100 އަދި އޭޕްރީލް މަހުގެ 89 މީހުން އަމިއްލައަށް މަރުވާން އުޅުނުކަން ފުލުހުންގެ ރެކޯޑުތަކުން ދައްކައެވެ. މިއީ މިއަހަރުގެ ފުރަތަމަ ތިން މަސްދުވަހަށްވުރެ ތިން ގުނަ އިތުރު ޢަދަދެއްކަން މޯލްޑިވްސް އިންޑިޕެންޑެންޓުގެ ބެލި ތަފާސްހިސާބުތަކުން އެނގެއެވެ. ތަފްޞީލު ކިޔުއްވާލައްވާށެވެ. Facebook

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The Maldives is reclaiming land at an extraordinary pace – new islands raised from lagoons, coastlines armoured against rising seas. It’s engineering that works. But after four years studying three of those islands, Dr Aishath Azfa found something the master plans didn’t account for. The households best equipped to cope with climate shocks weren’t the wealthiest ones in the beachfront plots. They were the ones with extended family nearby, multiple income streams, neighbours who show up. Two islands with identical engineering produced opposite social outcomes — because one rehoused a community that had survived the tsunami together, and the other gathered strangers around a shared address. “Building those communities is harder than pouring sand. But it’s the only adaptation that truly matters.” Read the essay: https://maldivesindependent.com/essay/one-island-preserved-a-community-the-other-assembled-a-population-d288 Facebook