Visit the Maldives, Before They Disappear
This story was filed by CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips.
To get anywhere in the Maldives — the low-lying Indian Ocean archipelago now at the center of the global warming argument — you either have to get on a traditional slow boat, a Dhoni — long since converted from sail to diesel, or climb into a seaplane originally designed to access the northern Canadian bush. We took the plane.
It came with a Canadian pilot who took a dim view of the global warming hype.
"They say the planet is heating up," he said. "Duh, it's been warming up since the last ice age. They say the sea level is rising. But, the coral around here grows. If the sea rises, the islands will rise too."
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It came with a Canadian pilot who took a dim view of the global warming hype.
"They say the planet is heating up," he said. "Duh, it's been warming up since the last ice age. They say the sea level is rising. But, the coral around here grows. If the sea rises, the islands will rise too."
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