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Going back in time to predict future sea-level rise
Mangrove cores, coral microatolls show NTU team how sea levels fluctuated over millennia
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Huddled over an ice box amid the verdant vegetation on offshore Pulau Ubin, the quartet looked like they could have been there for a picnic.
That is, until one takes a closer look at what they were wearing (track pants, long sleeves and boots) and notices the rest of their equipment: small red flags, metal rods, cling wrap and plastic pipes.
