MAY 2022 | |
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China’s Sea Levels Touched New High in 2021, Govt Study Shows | |
China’s sea levels reached their highest on record last year, swelled by rising water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and polar icecaps, the Chinese government said in a report. Coastal sea levels were 84 mm (3.3 inches) higher in 2021 than the average over the period from 1993 to 2011, the National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center said in an annual bulletin. This report warned that rising sea levels brought by climate change were having a ‘continuous impact’ on the development of coastal regions, and urged authorities to improve monitoring and bolster early warning and prevention efforts. Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ |