The biggest problem to the world is rising sea levels, glaciers are responsible for 21% of sea level rise.

世界上最大的问题是海平面上升，冰川造成了21%的海平面上升。

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Regard rising sea level as threat to their existence.

认为海平面上升将威胁到他们的生存。

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Scientists are looking closely at the rising sea level.

科学家们密切关注着不断上升的海平面。

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Water may become contaminated by a major storm, and a rising sea level can contaminate wells.

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Forecasters say that, thanks to the rising sea level, it will go up and down ever more frequently, and may be overwhelmed by 2030.

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Within the plot of the play at least, in one case, the land appeared to be falling rather than the sea-level rising, and in another, both land and sea were rising together, thus disguising the reality of sea-level rise, but within the plot, a university department would lose a lucrative grant if they told the truth.

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