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Small atoll islands may grow, not sink, as sea levels rise
2015-06-02 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Rising seas are eating away at small islands and will eventually turn their inhabitants into climate refugees, right? Not so for some of the world's most threatened islands, which have grown despite experiencing dramatic sea level rise. Funafuti atoll, which includes the capital of Tuvalu, is an islet archipelago in the tropical Pacific Ocean made from coral debriswashed up from an underlying reef by waves, winds and currents. Over the past 60 years the sea has risen by around 30 centimetres locally,sparking...
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