Rising sea levels present China with ‘unimaginable challenges’

BEIJING (AFP) – Shanghai, Guangzhou and other large coastal cities in China could face “unimaginable challenges” if global warming continues and the oceans keep rising, state media has said.

A report released recently by the State Oceanic Administration has warned of a rapid rise in sea levels that threatens China’s densely populated east coast, the China Daily reported.


“The speed is astonishing,” said Lu Xuedu, the deputy director of the environmental division of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

“Coastal cities including Shanghai and Guangzhou will confront unimaginable challenges if the situation deteriorates,” he told the paper.

AFP