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Rising seas washing away Pacific leader's home island

2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AFP: As the US urges world leaders to ramp up action on climate change, the leader of one small island chain in the North Pacific Ocean has already got the message -- watching helplessly as rising seas slowly erode his birthplace. The idyllic beaches on the island of Buoj where Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak fished as a boy are already submerged, and the ever-encroaching ocean now threatens to wash away roads, schools and airstrips. "The end of the island gets shorter every year. Some...

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