Rising sea levels unearth skeletal remains of Japanese WWII soldiers on Pacific island

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/A cemetery on the shoreline of Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands

Rising sea levels unearth skeletal remains of Japanese WWII soldiers on Pacific island
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, June 9, 2014 14:15 EDT

The skeletal remains of what are believed to be Japanese soldiers have been exposed on a remote Pacific island where rising sea levels have eroded the seashore, Japanese and local officials said Monday.

The bodies of around 20 men have emerged from the earth at a small coastal cemetery because of the action of the ocean on the Marshall Islands, a place scientists have long warned is vulnerable to rising sea levels caused by climate change.

“The government of the Marshall Islands has informed us that remains of about 20 human bodies have been exposed on the seashore of Enniburr island,” said a Japanese official, referring to one of the small islands that forms part of the Pacific nation.

“The remains, believed to be those of Japanese soldiers, surfaced after waves eroded a cemetery built on the seashore, according to the Marshall Islands government,” he said.