Factoid/2009/07/13
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Two Degrees of Temperature Rise Is Unacceptable
- "Two degrees of temperature rise is unacceptable," AOSIS [Alliance of Small Island States] Chair Dessima Williams told reporters at the United Nations. If global temperatures increased that much, many island countries -- already vulnerable to hurricanes, cyclones and other adverse weather -- could get wiped off the map by rising sea levels, Williams said. - excerpt appeared in this Planet Ark article.
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