One of the smallest countries in the world , and perhaps one of the nicest , can be extinguished map. To prevent the territory disappear underwater, the government filed a request for help in the EU. Enele Sopoaga , Prime Minister of the country was personally at the headquarters in Brussels for support that helps .
With 26 km2 , Tuvalu is part of a small Polynesian island , and has only 10,000 inhabitants. The highest point of the country is two meters above sea level , and because of global warming is the country with extreme risk that in a few years the short country literally map.
With increasing temperature on the earth , the melting of poles increases, and consequently also the ocean volume , thereby to increase its sea level. And an increase of 2 degrees Celsius in the average temperature ever would cause Tuvalu map short .