Originally published at: Japan realizes it has double the number of islands than it previously thought | Boing Boing
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Meanwhile China keeps discovering islands in the South China sea that vastly expand their territory!
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Are we sure this isn’t just sea level rise splitting larger islands into smaller ones?
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They forgot to tuck Australia up into the Bay of Bengal!
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The number might go up before it inevitably goes back down again as the waters rise?
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If I ever discover a new island I’m gonna name it “Noman” just for the Dad Joke potential.
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Somewhere I read that rising sea levels create and grow barrier islands. That doesn’t mean they stay put, as the continuous shoreline changes of the Outer Banks off North Carolina have shown.
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