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  title: Hawai'i and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands
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description: 'Map shows large variations across the Pacific Ocean in sea level trends for 1993-2010. The largest sea level increase has been observed in the western Pacific. (Figure source: adapted from Merrifield 2011<tbib>ef9a0ca6-0996-46b5-aed6-fff7e8f9a1bd</tbib> by permission of American Meteorological Society).'
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