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Rising seas threaten Shanghai, other major cities
Quick ReadRising seas put millions of people, trillions of dollars of assets, at risk in coastal cities
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SHANGHAI (AP) — This city of 20 million rose from the sea and grew into a modern showcase, with skyscrapers piercing the clouds, atop tidal flats fed by the mighty Yangtze River.
Now Shanghai's future depends on finding ways to prevent the same waters from reclaiming it.
Global warming and melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are raising sea levels worldwide, leaving tens of millions...
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