As rising seas threaten to swallow the island nation of Tuvalu, Australia's "climate visa" aims to reach out to Tuvaluans, ...

More than a third of the population of Tuvalu has applied to move to Australia, under a landmark visa scheme designed to help people escape rising sea levels.

In this image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon, Tuvalu, on Sept. 7, 2022. (PO Christopher Weissenborn/NZDF via AP) 31,228 people played the ...

Villages cling to a strip of land as narrow as 20 metres in parts of Funafuti, the main atoll of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean, September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Kirsty Needham.

In this image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon, Tuvalu, on Sept. 7, 2022. (PO Christopher Weissenborn/NZDF via AP ...

Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries in the world, its nine tiny islands covering just 10 square miles combined. Not many people travel there. Just over 3,000 tourists visited the island in ...