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Millions of people live in regions that lie below sea level.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that millions of people live in regions that lie below sea level?

Unclear. The retrieved items only partially bear on the claim: one lists places on land below sea level without population figures, one notes the Netherlands is partly below sea level, and one reports 14 million Latin Americans in low-lying coastal areas (under five meters, not below sea level). No item gives a global count of people living below sea level.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 4 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 4
List of places on land with elevations below sea level - Wikipedia
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List of places on land with elevations below sea level - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_on_land_with_elevations_below_sea_level

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Hypsographic demography: The distribution of human population by altitude -
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Hypsographic demography: The distribution of human population by altitude - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.24.14009

Floods and financial stability: Scenario-based evidence from below sea level
2023
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Caloia, F., Ginkel, K. v., & Jansen, D. (2023). Floods and financial stability: Scenario-based evidence from below sea level. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4672119

It’s Time for Latin America to Adapt to Global Climate Change
2016
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It’s Time for Latin America to Adapt to Global Climate Change. (2016). documents.worldbank.org. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099240001222320367

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