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Torres Strait Islands under threat by rising seas

2015-01-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The rising seas of the Torres Strait could make some islands uninhabitable in a few decades. To prepare for projected rises of 50 to 100 centimetres over the next century, the Torres Strait Regional Authority has developed a climate change strategy. The authority's chairman, Joseph Elu, says a joint federal and State Government project rebuilding sea walls on six of the region's 14 inhabited islands is helping. But he told Nance Haxton a more comprehensive plan is needed to...

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