Hawaii witnessed a very strange climatic condition when the U.S.-sponsored meetings were on in Honolulu. Believe it or not, but the hula dancers shivered wrapped in towels before performing under a hotel awning and not by the usual site, the poolside, when delegates of the conference to combat climate change witnessed a chilly downpour. If facts are to go by, the plush hotels on Waikiki Beach have stacked sandbags along the water. Also, beaches are narrower than they were few years ago.

According to Patricia Tummons, founder and editor of Environment Hawaii that chronicles ecological developments on the islands, “The climatic zone here has been changing drastically over the last 10 years particularly during the winter, which are growing colder by each passing year.” An alarming observation by the same chronicle suggests that the water run-up is also increasing, inching closer to the structures. Naturally, Tummons is worries like other environmentalists. “We have our heads buried in sand, which is vanishing by the day. Let me be brutally honest. If we make no efforts to save nature, in 50 years time Waikki will become the Venice of the Pacific.

Via Reuters