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Rising heat, sea levels hurt life in Sicily, Italy

Clip: 9/21/2021 | 6m 43sVideo has Closed Captions

As high temperatures hurt Sicily’s food production, rising sea levels threaten housing

Climate change experts in Sicily, Italy are warning that rising sea waters are threatening some of the island's most crucial heavy industrial plants. They are also forecasting food shortages because crops are being destroyed. The island endured record temperatures this summer. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Sicily for NewsHour's climate change series.

09/21/2021

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