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Warming makes islands grow, not shrink, says study [1]

Wellington: New research has cast doubt on warnings that rising sea levels caused by climate change are slowly inundating low-lying Pacific islands.

Scientists have studied 27 low-lying Pacific islands, comparing aerial photos from 60 years ago with modern satellite images, according to an article published in the New Scientist.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Islands [3], Climate Change [4], Climate Impacts [5], Cyclones [6], Storms [7], Tuvalu Island [8], Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]

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