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When the Rains Disappear: Drought Grips Pacific Islands
2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: From the vantage point of a boat bobbing on the deep blue waters of Majuro Lagoon, the encircling shores of the Pacific coral atoll are normally verdant with tropical vegetation. But on a recent sailing excursion with friends, Angela Saunders was struck by how brown and withered the island looked. "The vibrant color of all the trees was gone,' Saunders, a Majuro-based program manager with the International Organization for Migration, wrote in an email. "It was like someone put dampers on the world.'...
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