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Islands to lose fresh water as rising seas sink them from within

Brian Owens · October 17, 2016 ·

Small island nations are among the countries most at risk from climate change, as rising sea levels threaten to swamp them and make their fresh water salty.

But they face another danger – the rising seas will cause them to lose their fresh water by pushing it above ground, where it gets evaporated. Read more in New Scientist.

New Scientist climate change, sea level rise

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