South Pacific Islands Climate Refugees

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Across
  1. 3. an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures
  2. 5. water ______ when heated
  3. 8. this liquid can compromise island groundwater
  4. 10. this nation's name is pronounced Ki-ri-bas
  5. 14. level of the ocean's surface**
  6. 15. to leave one's native country to live elsewhere*
  7. 16. a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon*
  8. 17. the united nations refugee agency
  9. 19. to move to a new location
  10. 20. ________ displacement, persons forced to seek refuge outside their own country
Down
  1. 1. ________ displacement, persons displaced within their own country
  2. 2. the united nations refugee agency
  3. 3. large melting ice sheets contributing to sea level rise
  4. 4. the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement**
  5. 6. extra water weight from melting glaciers is causing the ocean floor to ____
  6. 7. Island nation at the center of crisis from rising sea levels
  7. 9. distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)**
  8. 11. land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent*
  9. 12. to expel or force to flee from home or homeland*
  10. 13. Island nation consisting of approximately 300 islands
  11. 18. a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution*