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IMG_8568_cairns.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8589_flood pump.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_7056_sea level.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_7065_sea front.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_7067_sea level rise.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_7080_cairns.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_7084_high tide.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_7094_king tide.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8528_inundation.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides. This shot shows a low lying area that the high tide washed over.
 
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IMG_8563_flood protection.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8575_coastal protection.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8579_cairns.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8584_sea level rise.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8600_flood pump.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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IMG_8632_sea level rise.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, This storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides. This shot shows housing on the outskirts of Cairns that is vulnerable to sea level rise.
 
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IMG_8594_flood pump.jpg Sea level rise is a real and increasing threat to Australia, as the majority of the population live around the coast. Cairns in Queensland is particularly vulnerable. King tides in March 2010 came within inches of inundating the city. If this high tide had coincided with a storm, it would have spelled disaster. Cairns has recently spent $millions on this and other new pumping stations that pump storm water out to sea, The storm water, due to increasing sea levels was backing up and flooding the centre of Cairns during the highest tides.
 
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