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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
Climate change
Climate change impacts
Day
Floods
Global warming
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Natural disasters
Oceans (campaign title)
Outdoors
Sea level rise
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Kiribati King Tides Flooding Documentation
Villagers living next to the sea pull themselves from the high waves caused by the 'King Tides', waves peak at 2.87 metres on the fragile atoll, Betio village, Tarawa Island, Kiribati, South Pacific. Greenpeace and scientists are concerned that low-lying islands face permanent inundation from rising seas due to climate change.
Unique identifier:
GP0QUT
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
09/02/2005
Locations:
Kiribati
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Ranking:
★★★★★★★ (A)
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Kiribati King Tide Flooding Documentation
Flooding occurs on the island due to unusual high tides caused by the 'King Tides' Greenpeace and scientists are concerned that low lying islands face permanent inundation from rising seas due to climate change.
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