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Deltas Disappearing, Endangering Half a Million Lives
Feb 21 2006, Irani

Eight million people live on six major river deltas across the world. They are awaiting a complete lush with rising sea levels, sinking land and storms. Hurricane Katrina’s ravaging New Orleans is enough of an example, to show just how dangerous living.

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