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From: The West 2nd March 2009, 13:15 WST A group of Australian scientists is helping to save a tiny central Pacific island nation from a dangerous byproduct of rising sea levels.    Kiribati is slowly being swamped by salt water, shrinking the land mass and threatening the islanders’ precious supply of fresh water stored in underground …

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by DarkSyde http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/25/105730/464/224/687262 It’s tough to imagine that a few million years ago, Antarctica was a green continent of lush cool rain forests, wooded hills, and bountiful plains. But the narrow straits separating Antarctica from the tip of South America and Australia finally widened enough that a system of circular ocean currents locked arms and …

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  Sea levels will rise much faster than previously forecast because of the rate that glaciers and ice sheets are melting, a study has found. Research commissioned by the US Climate Change Science Program concludes that the rises will substantially exceed forecasts that do not take into account the latest data and observations. The adjusted …

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By Cherelle Jackson, Pacific Communications Team, Poznan, Poland Sunday: December 07, 2008 The African islands of Seychelles today said they identified more with the threats facing Pacific islands due to climate change, more so than their own neighbours. “The Seychelles and Maldives are similar to the Pacific islands, we have the same fears,” says Seychelles …

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By Samisoni Pareti However, unpleasant it may sound, the jetset town of Nadi will need to be relocated to an elevated piece of land by 2027. And so as Navua and Labasa. That’s the word from one of the most esteemed scientists in our part of the ocean, Professor Patrick Nunn of the University of …

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered preparations for rising sea levels from global warming, a startling prospect for the most populous U.S. state with a Pacific Ocean coastline stretching more than 800 miles (1,290 km). Recorded sea levels rose 7 inches (18 cm) during the 20th century in San Francisco, …

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