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...value of that protection became clear in 1987 after Malé expanded out to the edge of its reef, burying it beneath a thick layer of coral sand and gravel. In April of that year, an armada of giant waves--stirred up, some think, by a distant cyclone in the Indian Ocean--attacked the city, gouging out big chunks of landfill and nearly washing away the car in which Gayoom was riding. A short time later, he gave the first of a series of famous speeches that invoked the image of the Maldives being swallowed...
...color their tissues. Like a fever, bleaching is not necessarily fatal, but can be if ocean temperatures stay too high for too long. That's what happened seven years ago, when a prolonged heightening of sea-surface temperatures, triggered by the 1997-1998 El Niño, ripped through the Indian Ocean like a forest fire. In some areas, coral mortality approached 70%. The reefs are recovering, says Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem, director of conservation for the Banyan Tree resort, but no one knows what will happen to them as the world's oceans continue to warm...
...also extremely small, not much more than a quarter-mile across. From the sandy street that runs through the center of town, you can see both the brilliant turquoise of the interior lagoon and, on the other side, waves breaking on the shallow reef that faces the Indian Ocean. There are dozens of islands like Naalaafushi in the Maldives--too many, say government officials, to provide with essential services, let alone shore up against the sea. In time, they hope, the residents of these islands (some of which have populations of not much more than 100 people) will be enticed...
...Europe, sales spurted 21% in 2004. In India, Hyundai's 17% share of the passenger-car market makes it the largest foreign automaker and the second biggest car company overall behind Maruti, a Suzuki subsidiary. Hyundai is beating competitors by modifying its small cars with ingenious features designed for Indian customers, such as elevated rooflines to provide more headroom for turban-wearing motorists...
...Azera. Down the road Hyundai plans to roll out a larger SUV and its first hybrid gas-electric vehicle. In addition, the company is opening manufacturing plants around the world that should help it penetrate key markets. Hyundai is investing $600 million in a factory in the southern Indian city of Madras; due to open in 2007, the plant will be Hyundai's second in the country. And in April, Hyundai opened its first U.S. factory. The $1.2 billion plant in Montgomery, Alabama, will produce 150,000 upgraded Sonatas this year, and next year will likely start making the Santa...