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News Release 12-077
Global Warming Refuge Discovered Near At-Risk Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati
Ocean currents may mitigate warming near handful of equatorial islands
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![Photo of a coral reef near the island nation of Kiribati.](/news/mmg/media/images/kiribati1_f.jpg)
Coral reefs near the island nation of Kiribati may be somewhat protected from global warming.
Credit: NOAA
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![Photo of colorful corals and fish in an equatorial Pacific reef.](/news/mmg/media/images/kiribati2_f.jpg)
Colorful species inhabit equatorial Pacific reefs; these reefs may be global warming refuges.
Credit: NOAA
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![Map showing Kiribati and the 33 coral atolls that make up this nation.](/news/mmg/media/images/kiribati3_f.jpg)
Kiribati, and the 33 coral atolls that make up this nation, straddle the equator in the Pacific.
Credit: NOAA
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![Satellite photo of the islands of Kiribati seen from space.](/news/mmg/media/images/kiribati4_f1.jpg)
Tiny dots in a seemingly endless sea, the islands of Kiribati seen from space.
Credit: NASA
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