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title: "We're used to thinking of sea level rise as a problem in the Maldives"
date: 2012-05-05T16:22:18Z
modified: 2012-05-05T17:32:40Z
permalink: "https://350.org/were-used-thinking-sea-level-rise-problem-maldives/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: "But it's not the only problem--drought and flood in India have driven up the prices of onions and other staple foodstuffs--hence the big onions here. We're thinking about our friends in the capital city of Male often in the wake of their recent political unrest."
wpid: 29291
author: Bill McKibben
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But it’s not the only problem–drought and flood in India have driven up the prices of onions and other staple foodstuffs–hence the big onions here. We’re thinking about our friends in the capital city of Male often in the wake of their recent political unrest.

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