For instance, soil erosion, global warming, glaciers melting, and sea level rising.

例如：水土流失、气候变暖、冰川融化、海平面上升等等。

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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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But the far greater threat is the rate at which the sea level is rising.

而更具威胁的是海平面的上升速度。

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In the Mekong River Delta, for instance, the sea level rising by 2 meters (6.5 feet) could mean the loss of millions of acres of agricultural land, reducing it by half, Ehrhart said.

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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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But the sea level is rising, so much so that the nation's water has become too salty to drink and to grow vegetables, especially taro, a vegetable that was once the island's staple food.

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