2009Jan12: According to Ali Rilwan, executive director of local environmental NGO Bluepeace, if the IPCC projection is accurate, the white sand beaches of the Maldives could disappear in a similar way to the ice sheets have in the Arctic (BBC).
Reference: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7814446.stm
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