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OUR ALUMINUM SKIFF plows through Tarawa Lagoon's emerald waters, throwing up a spray that glitters in the sunlight like a cascade of diamonds. North and west is the barely visible village of Naa, and beyond that lies what I've come to see or, more accurately, not see: Tebua Island.
According to local legend, Tebua has existed since creation. But now, I've been told, it is gone, swallowed by the sea. Its fate, some say, was triggered by global warming--the unnatural increase in the Earth's temperature caused by air pollutants that trap solar heat.
Tebua's disappearance is not the only sign that global warming is making itself felt in the distant reaches ...