Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
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Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
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Science Advances
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages eaap9741
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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2018-04-26
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10.1126/sciadv.aap9741
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