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Climate change is a battle for existence in the Maldives - Yahoo! News

The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and ... found this 11/26/2008 on news.yahoo.com

MALE (AFP) Among the many grim predictions of climate change experts, the future fate of The Maldives stands out as a genuine doomsday scenario with the island chain nation facing nothing short of extinction. A one-metre (3.3-foot) rise in sea level would almost totally submerge the country's ...