Created Thu 21st May 1:32pm PST by 
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loren 
Will any island population need to be relocated due to rising sea levels in 2009?
Background: Sea levels are predicted to rise -- will this be the year when an island population is forced to relocate due to rising seas? To settle as yes, an entire island will need to be evacuated indefinitely due to rising sea levels.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Inhabitants of parts of New Guinea and Tuvalu have already been forced to moved from low-lying areas.
New Zealand has agreed to accept migrants from Tuvalu, which experts think will be completely submerged by the middle of the century. Canada is funding the relocation of residents from parts of Vanuatu affected by global warming.
The rising sea and eroding beaches caused the recent forced displacement of the people of the Carteret Islands, about 70 miles northeast of Papua New Guinea. The islands' 2,500 residents are moving to one of Papua New Guineas larger towns, Bougainville.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/19/rising-sea-levels-in-pacific-create-wave-of-migran/print/
(a) the entire population of any island
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(b) any (not the entire) population of an island
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