http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=35YYBDKFM4QVSCRBAEOCFEY?type=scienceNews&storyID=7185892
"Island nations like the Maldives, swamped by the tsunami, could literally disappear beneath the waves if seas rise.
And in Bangladesh, 17 million people live less than one meter above sea level, as do many in Florida in the United States."