{"id":25770,"date":"2007-02-14T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:34","slug":"770-sea-level-rise-could-hit-poor-countries-hard-says-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/770-sea-level-rise-could-hit-poor-countries-hard-says-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea level rise could hit poor countries hard, says study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span>If seas rise as little as 1 metre this century, as forecast in some scientific models, one quarter of the heavily populated Nile Delta in Egypt would be underwater, said Susmita Dasgupta, author of a report on the impact of sea level rise on developing countries.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Coastal Vietnam would also be severely affected, Dasgupta said at a briefing, as would Mauritania, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, the Bahamas and 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