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Erosion eats away land along 22 percent of Thai coastline
2013-03-20 08:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Thailand has lost 22 percent of its 2,600-km coastline - more than 12,600 hectares of land - over the past 30 years as a result of climate change and upstream dams, The Nation newspaper reported. The damage was caused by stronger and bigger waves triggered by climate change, as well as upstream dams that deposit less sediment at river-mouth areas, Thanawat Jarupongsakul, head of the Chulalongkorn University's unit for disaster and land information studies, told the newspaper. The Chao Phraya...
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