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 Stories About: climate AND climate change impacts AND Tuvalu
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Tuvalu, we hardly knew you
The tiny island nation of Tuvalu is threatened by global warming. |
Chris Schults |
12 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Possibly one of the most tragic outcomes that may result from climate change is the extinction of an entire nation's culture and homeland. As the United Nations discussed the threat that global warming poses to the security of nations, Afelee Pita, an ambassador from the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, was there to represent his country. Tuvalu may be one of the first nations whose way of life could disappear as a result of the actions (or in this case, the la ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Tuvalu (all these topics) |
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