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	Disaster looms with rising sea levels: islands

kkcapricorn

5-12-2009 5:45 PM

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climate change, sea levels

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Major emitters are pushing for greenhouse gas emissions cuts that are too low to prevent devastating sea rises, representatives said at the World Ocean Conference in Indonesia's Manado city.
The five-day conference has attracted hundreds of officials and experts from 70 countries and is being billed as a prelude to December talks on a successor to the expiring Kyoto Protocol.

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5-13-2009 10:41 PM

Jorjor

Looks like it`s time for Gilligan and the rest to finally get off that island.

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