Off the US coast, Tangier Island disappearing under the water

[Article] US President Donald Trump is pulling America out of the Paris Climate Agreement, a decision that will impact people across the planet but also just over 100 miles away on Tangier Island in Virginia. Now measuring 1.2 square miles, Tangier has lost two-thirds of its landmass since 1850. If erosion and rising waters continue at their current pace, it may disappear completely in the next 40 years.

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William's family has lived on Tangier Island for the past 200 years. But his generation might be the last to see out their days here. This island on the east coast of the US is slowly disappearing. Scientists predict that erosion and rising waters will wipe Tangier from the map over the next 40 years.William...
This article was published Wednesday, 20 September, 2017 by AFP (331 words)
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