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Sinking islands battle tides of climate change
2014-03-28 08:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Small island nations around the world are already feeling the impact of rising sea levels. And probably none more so than the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, which is considered the lowest-elevation country on the planet. The average elevation of its 26 atolls is just 1.5 meters (5 feet) above sea level - so it wouldn't take much for the country to be rendered completely uninhabitable.
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