Among the many grim predictions of climate change experts, the future fate of The Maldives stands out as a genuine doomsday scenario with the island chain nation facing nothing short of extinction. A 1-metre rise in sea level would almost totally submerge the country's 1,192 coral islands scattered off the southern tip of India.(AFP/File/Sanka Vidanagama)AFP – Among the many grim predictions of climate change experts, the future fate of The Maldives stands out as a genuine doomsday scenario with the island chain nation facing nothing short of extinction.

Climate change is a battle for existence in the Maldives (AFP)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:35:16 GMT

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