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Island nation fights the sea to keep its land
Rising sea levels are a threat to coastal regions everywhere, but especially for islands. No example stands out more than the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu.
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Funafuti, the main island of the nation state of Tuvalu, is photographed from a Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 aircraft as it approaches the tiny South Pacific nation, on Oct. 13, 2011.
Alastair Grant/AP
Rising sea levels are a threat to coastal regions everywhere, but especially for islands.
No example stands out more than the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu.
But as Kathleen Schuster reports from our partner, Deutsche Welle, the people of Tuvalu are not yet willing to give up their land.
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