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December 3, 2013

This entire country is about to be wiped out by climate change

Pacific island women hold a climate protest banner reading "SAVE US WE ARE DROWNING" with tropical imagery, demonstrating concerns about rising sea levels threatening their island home.

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is losing ground as sea levels rise. Not only that, but saltwater is contaminating their freshwater supplies, which could turn Kiribati’s people into refugees within a few years.