French Islanders Face Rising Seas

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Five miles (8km) off the Pointe du Raz, in the Atlantic Ocean, off Finistère coast, the Île de Sein is arguably Brittany’s most unusual island, not least because it’s entirely flat. Captions Brittany tourism. Photo source: ©© Jacline

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The 130 inhabitants of Île de Sein, a tiny island off the coast of Brittany, are survivors.

With increasingly rough storms and a global rise in sea levels of 0.14 inches per year since the early 1990s, the existence of the island, just five feet above sea level, on average, seems increasingly at risk.

Read Full Article, The New York Times

View Photo Gallery “Sur l’île de Sein, Menacée Par Les Eaux,” Le JDD

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