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june 2008 Climate chaos here and nowIt’s one thing to worry about how climate change will affect your grandchildren, another to have been forced to abandon your home to the surging sea
Washed off the map?
Some readers will remember collecting ship half pennies to help support the church’s mission work in the Pacific, particularly through the ministry of the John Williams ships which plied the islands and atolls of the region. For many the ships were a lifeline, connecting them to the outside world.
Today a new lifeline is called for, as climate change transforms the region, turning the sea from a life-sustaining force full of rich bounty to an overwhelming threat as increased and more violent storms coupled with rising sea levels look set to wipe whole nations off the map.
This article is continued in the June 08 edition of Reform.
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