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Low-income coastal countries more vulnerable to storms, rising seas
May 18 2006, Irani

Rising sea level and increased storm intensity are endangering many large cities, hence rising fears once thought to be a remote and distant threat. As much as 10 percent of the world’s population is vulnerable, the Earth Institute at Columbia...

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