Despite this , kench and webb found that just four islands have diminished in size since the 1950s .

尽管如此，肯奇和韦伯发现自20世纪50年代以来仅有4个岛屿在面积上消失了。

But , while he was initially surprised by the findings , he agrees with webb and kench 's analysis .

但是，他同意韦伯和肯奇的分析，尽管一开始被这些发现吓了一跳。

Webb and kench warn that while the islands are coping for now , any acceleration in the rate of sea-level rise could overtake the sediment build up .

韦伯和肯奇警告说尽管岛屿现在还能应付，但海平面上升速度任何的加快都将吞噬掉沉积物的累积。

Paul kench at the university of auckland in new zealand and arthur webb at the south pacific applied geoscience commission in fiji used historical aerial photos and high-resolution satellite images to study changes in the land surface of 27 pacific islands over the last 60 years .

新西兰奥克兰大学的保罗肯奇和斐济南太平洋应用地理科学委员会的亚瑟韦伯用过去的航空照片和高分辨率卫星图片对60年来27个太平洋岛屿的陆地面积变化进行了研究。