South Pacific Islands Climate Refugees

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