Scientists are issuing an alert that the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia in Tanzania are likely to disappear under water in the next century due to global warming.
The islands off the Tanzania mainland coast could be submerged by the ocean by 2100 following a catastrophic rise in sea-level caused by the melting of polar ice, said scientists meeting in Arusha during the launch of the International Year of Planet Earth for Africa.
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