Please note that BS7 is not a country, but a counter in the DXCC program. They are not the same thing.
The DXCC program has a number of counters that are not, in themselves "countries" but exist as such for the purpose of the DXCC program. -73- Steve, W2ML w...@arrl.org -----Original Message----- From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Barry Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:17 PM To: DX CHAT Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country? Since we have one current country that was never above the sea (BS7), the answer is yes. Barry W2UP On 12/7/2010 5:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > > Editorial (New York Times) > The Urgent Islands > Published: August 29, 2010 > > If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country? That is a > question about which the Republic of the Marshall Islands - a > Micronesian nation of 29 low-lying coral atolls - is now seeking > expert legal advice. It is also a question the United States Senate > might ask itself the next time it refuses to deal with climate change. > > According to the world's leading scientists, sea-level rise is one of > the greatest dangers of global warming, threatening not only islands > but coastal cities like New Orleans and even entire countries like > Bangladesh. > > In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conservatively > predicted a 20-inch sea-level rise by the end of this century if > current trends were not reversed. Because of various uncertainties, > its calculations excluded the melting of the Greenland and West > Antarctica ice sheets. Some academic studies have suggested that rises > of four to seven feet are not out of the question. > > Officials in the Marshall Islands - where a 20-inch rise would drown > at least one atoll - are not only thinking about the possibility of > having to move entire populations but are entertaining even more > existential questions: If its people have to abandon the islands, what > citizenship can they claim? Will the country still have a seat at the > United Nations? Who owns its fishing rights and offshore mineral > resources? > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opinion/30mon4.html > -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
