Philippines may lose 167,000 hectares to global warming

ENN
Jun 14, 2016, 4:22 pm19 pts
More than 167,000 hectares of coastland -- about 0.6% of the country's total area -- are projected to go underwater in the Philippines, especially in low-lying island communities, according to research by the University of the Philippines.Low-lying countries with an abundance of coastlines are at significant…

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