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Climate change and low-lying Pacific islands : a plain person's guide to global warming, sea-level rise, and the threat to Pacific islands

 Faerber Hall
 Land  Atmosphere and Climate

It is now widely acknowledged within the scientific community that the global rate of sea- level rise is quickening - and is likely to continue to do so — as a result of anthropogenic
climate change. It is expected, therefore, that any resulting increase in the frequency or intensity of extreme sea-level events will cause serious problems for the inhabitants of low-
lying coastal communities and islands during the 21st century.

Available online

Call Number: [EL[

Physical Description: 16 p.

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Key facts about Guam

 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
 Land

Guam is the southernmost island in the Mariana Islands
Archipelago. Of all the islands in Micronesia, Guam is the
largest in terms of both land area (543 sq km) and population

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SOPAC member countries national capacity assessments: tsunami warning and mitigation systems : Samoa, Tuvalu, Niue, PNG, Cook Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands, FSM, Palau, Nauru, Tonga, Kiribati, Marshall Islands & Vanuatu

 Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) of SPC
 Land  Atmosphere and Climate

Available online|each book hold dvd

Call Number: [EL],550 SOP

Physical Description: various pagings ; 29 cm

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