Skeletons of the soldiers of World War II washed from their graves

Skeletons of the soldiers of World War II washed from their graves

Skeletons of the soldiers of World War II washed away from their graves by the rising Pacific Ocean as of global warming. 26 Japanese soldiers were washed from the low-lying Marshall Islands, the incident warns the threat of the rising of sea-level in the country.

On the day Europe commemorated the70th anniversary of the storming of the Normandy beaches, in the day Minister of foreign affairs for the Marshall Islands explains how the remains of these soldiers had been recovered on the isle of Santo. Tides "have caused not just inundation and flooding of communities where people live but have also done severe damage in undermining regular land so that even the dead are affected." Tony Brum, the foreign affairs minister said.

The minister's comments bring home the stark future for low-lying island nations as the planet warms, may cause sea levels to rise. The Marshall Islands, a string of more than 1,000 isles with a population of about 70,000, is about 2 meters (7 feet) at its highest point, de Brum said.

"Communities in the Marshalls, because we are atolls, are either along the lagoon shoreline or the ocean shoreline," de Brum said. "If you want to move away from traditional community sites, you are moving inland for a few yards and then you're already moving closer to the ocean on the other side. So there's not very much room for maneuver." de Brum added to the press people.

"We think they're Japanese soldiers, but there are no broken bones or any indication of being war casualties," he said. "We think maybe it was suicide or something similar. The Japanese are sending a team in to help us in September." de Brum said.

During the World War II the Marshall Islands were used as a base by the Japanese Navy in the run-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.