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Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence
Published by
The Conversation, May 2016
DOI 10.64628/aa.v54jd3cxt
Authors

Albert, Simon, Church, John, Gibbes, Badin, Grinham, Alistair, Leon, Javier, Alistair Grinham, Badin Gibbes, Javier Leon, John Church, Simon Albert

Abstract

Sea levels are rising faster in the Solomon Islands – and send a warning for the rest of the world.

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2093. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 April 2026.
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#5,032
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#53
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#41
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#1
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