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Re: As world leader discuss climate change, Pacific islanders watch their nation vanishing into the sea

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As world leader discuss climate change, Pacific islanders watch their nation vanishing into the sea

...if their island is vanishing into the sea it is because the continental plate their islands are resting on are sinking. If the water was rising it would be rising everywhere, not just in select areas.




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As world leader discuss climate change, Pacific islanders watch their nation vanishing into the sea
By: clo in FFFT3
Thu, 03 Dec 15 12:21 AM 		Msg. 17403 of 65535

As world leader discuss climate change, Pacific islanders watch their nation vanishing into the sea
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 9:46 AM EST

Leaders of the Marshall Islands are trying to convey to policy makers the peril facing the Pacific island nation as sea levels rise — and to shape the legal and financial terms of a major climate change accord now being negotiated in Paris.

“It does not make sense for us to go to Paris and come back with something that says, ‘In a few years’ time, your country is going to be underwater,’” said Tony A. deBrum, the country’s foreign minister. “We see the damage occurring now. We’re trying to beat back the sea.”

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