National Public Radio: The world’s lowest-lying nation fears it will disappear beneath the Indian Ocean by the end of the century, and the Maldives is preparing. The Maldives president is holding next week’s Cabinet meeting on the ocean floor. Cabinet ministers will confer using special underwater gestures, then sign a document calling on countries to cut their carbon emissions. Copyright (c) 2009 National Public Radio(r). For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior …