Already 40% of the country's landmass has been subject to native claims (see map nearest).

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This causes cracks to appear in the ocean seafloor -- this is what we think, " explains Buckland, adding "So you can measure what's happening to the landmass of Greenland by looking at the sea.

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It's a small nation in terms of landmass, but with its oceans, it is nearly twice the size of France.

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While covering the landfall impact in the Philippines, he was one of the first international broadcasters to report that the storm's intense winds made it the strongest typhoon to make landfall on any landmass in recorded history.

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