
Photograph by Peter Essick
It's pretty as a postcard from the air. You'd never guess that Male (above), the island capital of the Maldives, is threatened by the serenely blue Indian Ocean. If scientists' worst-case projections come true and sea level rises more than three feet, the Maldives and other low-lying atoll nations could be underwater by century's end.
nationalgeographic.com
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