Father Martin, parish priest on the island of Abaiang walks through the wasteland that used to be the village of Tebunginako garden. Rising sea water made the soils heavily saline and unable to support the Bannanas and Taro vital to the villagers' survival Photo: Mike Bowers / The Global Mail

By Mike Bowers and Bernard Lagan for the Global Mail
16 April 2013 (guardian.co.uk) – The waves are slowly seeping over the islands of the Pacific nation, which is at the frontline of the climate change-induced rise in sea levels striking low-lying nations all over the world

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