Maldives Ministers Meet Under the Sea to Highlight Climate Change

Topics: Environment
Featured on Episode 6 of the 2009-2010 season, aired on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
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Many people around the world are concerned about climate change. On Saturday, ministers of the Maldives government held a cabinet meeting under the sea to highlight the threat of climate change. People in Maldives, an island republic in southern Asia, have a lot at stake. Maldives is made up of a chain of low-lying coral islands. Experts fear that rising oceans could swamp the islands within one hundred years.

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