/oss/taxonomy/term/3489/all en /oss/article/environment-climate-change/convergence-how-climate-change-brought-two-women-artists-together <p>Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, 30, is a native of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> in the western Pacific Ocean. This country of ~53,000 people is spread out over 1,159 islands with most of the population on 29 coral atolls. As a poet, Kathy writes about sea-level rise, and the damage to homes, businesses and their way of life. Most of the islands are only a few feet above sea level. With very little total land area it has a significant population density per square mile.</p> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:36:36 +0000 Raymond Johnson PhD, Contributor 8718 at /oss