1. The phosphate is running out, leaving Nauru -- once named Pleasant Island by European explorers -- a bleak moonscape of bleached coral pinnacles. 2. The phosphate is running out, leaving Nauru, once named by European explorers Pleasant Island, a bleak moonscape of bleached coral pinnacles. 3. The resource is almost depleted however, leaving Nauru a bleak moonscape of bleached coral pinnacles. 4. The resource is almost depleted, leaving Nauru a bleak moonscape of bleached coral pinnacles. 5. Its once enormous wealth came from phosphate-rich topsoils which have been strip-mined and exported, leaving Nauru a moonscape of bleached white coral pinnacles. 6. Now the phosphate is running out, leaving Nauru, once named by European explorers Pleasant Island, a bleak moonscape of bleached coral pinnacles. |