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'Window Into The Future': Scientists Document Disappearing Islands
Description: In what is being billed as a "window into the future impacts of global sea-level rise," scientists have documented how the ocean swallowed up five small islands that were part of the Solomon Islands archipelago northeast of Australia. The researchers say this is the first scientific account of how climate change is affecting coastlines in the Solomons. [Source: National Public Radio]
URL: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/10/477511597/window-into-the-future-scientists-document-disappearing-islands
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Source: National Public Radio
Publish Date: 5/10/2016
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