Is this the start of a climate refugee crisis? Residents of Tuvalu are leaving the small nation in droves and visiting their sinking homeland through the Metaverse as global warming threatens to sweep it underwater forever.
Islanders rush to escape rising sea
Existential threat: Tuvalu's government hopes that a virtual replica of its "drowning" nation, constructed with the help of citizens, will preserve its beauty and culture for generations to come. Glossary
Metaverse - An online virtual world. A combination of meta, meaning beyond, and universe.
Digitisation - The process of converting information from a physical format into a digital one.
United Nations - An international organisation focused on keeping peace. Its refugee agency, the UNHCR, aims to assist refugees around the world.
Exacerbated - Made worse.
Breadline - The poorest condition in which it is acceptable to live.