Toledo Blade: The Great Lakes region should heed what's happening in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, where for the first time a nation could be swallowed by rising sea levels. In what may be the first climate-induced migration of modern times, the Republic of Kiribati has begun talks with Fiji about buying 5,000 acres for its residents. Kiribati's president, Anote Tong, recently told a British newspaper there is "no way out" other than mass migration. "Our people will have to move, as the tides have...
URL: http://www.toledoblade.com/TomHenry/2012/04/26/Climate-change-debate-goes-on-time-s-run-out-for-one-nation.html
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