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Rising Seas Not the Only Culprit Behind Kiribati’s Woes

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Inter Press Service News Agency

Publication Date
2013-09-20

TARAWA, Kiribati, Sep 20 2013 (IPS) - Scientists say dredging, building causeways and natural climate variations are largely responsible for the flooding events that many officials here point to as evidence that climate change-induced sea-level rise is shrinking and destroying their tropical Pacific island.

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http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/09/a-drowning-president-speaks-out/