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May 5, 2012

Look at this picture carefully

Bill McKibben

Climate activists protest rising sea levels on a beach, holding banners reading "Keep Us Above Water" while two protesters climb a tower above them against an ocean backdrop.

It’s from Kan’ditheemu in the Maldive archipelago. The highest spot on the island is half a meter above sea level–so when you look at the one meter, three meter and six meter heights on the tower, it’s not hard to guess what our friends are thinking

Climate activists protest rising sea levels on a beach, holding banners reading "Keep Us Above Water" while two protesters climb a tower above them against an ocean backdrop.