Global warming threatens Skeleton Coast

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By Brigitte Weidlich


Windhoek - Parts of Namibia's exotic Skeleton Coast could be submerged by the end of the century and its rich marine life badly hit by global warming, a report by the southern African country's environment and tourism ministry warns.

The 1 500-kilometre Namibian coastline - which hosts tourist hotspots because of its unspoilt beauty and wildlife - is dotted with ghostly shipwrecks, a testimony to the unforgiving Atlantic stretch that gives it its name.

A 130-page report, released last week for the UN's Framework Convention on Climatic Change, painted a bleak picture on the impact of global warming on the coastline and on the Benguela current running alongside.

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