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Climate change washing away Pacific villages
2014-01-27 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Solomon Star: Standing on a remote coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean watching children play, it was deeply saddening to realise they will soon have to leave a place that has been home to their people for thousands of years. Ontong Java, the most northerly part of Solomon Islands, is on the frontline of climate change. The rising seas are eating away the land and growing food is now almost impossible as salt poisons swamp taro, the staple crop. After 2000 years of settlement, it is increasingly likely that Ontong...
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