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China says rising sea levels threaten Shanghai, other coastal cities

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China says rising sea levels threaten Shanghai, other coastal cities

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BEIJING - Sea levels off Shanghai and other Chinese coastal cities are rising at an alarming rate, leading to contamination of drinking water supplies and other threats, China's State Oceanic Administration reported Thursday.

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Waters off the industrial port city Tianjin, 100 kilometres southeast of Beijing, rose by 196 millimetres over the last three decades, the administration said. Seas off the business hub Shanghai have risen by 115 millimetres over the same period, the report said.

Administration experts said global climate change and the sinking of coastal land due to the pumping of ground water are the major causes behind rising water levels.

"Sea level rises worldwide cannot be reversed, so Chinese city officials and planners must take measures to adapt to the change," Chen Manchun, an administration researcher, was quoted saying on the central government's official website.

Globally, rising seas threaten to submerge low-lying island groups, erode coastlines and force the construction of vast new levees. Some scientists have warned melting of the vast glaciers of Greenland could cause a four-metre rise in sea levels in coming centuries
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