I found this distressing global warming milestone at Think Progress:
“Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth.” Some uninhabited islands have been covered in recent years, but disappearance of Lohachara, an island off the coast of India that was “once home to 10,000 people, is unprecedented.”
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Here’s another chilling milestone for you. . .
You’re right avenger, very scary. Thanks for the link.