Some 700,000 homes along the coastline in Australia are at risk from erosion as sea levels rise: the government says it expects the level to rise by one meter within 40 years, thanks to global warming. Some homes have already lost substantial amounts of land around them, from storms but also higher water levels, reports Reuters.
Posted by :: Ellen Wallace on 6 September 2009 at 21:22 | permalink
News story, GenevaLunch, 6 September 2009.
Filed under: World news
Tags: Australia, climate change, coast, global warming, homes, houses, land loss, rising sea levels, shoreline
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