Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, new Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected.

气候变化加速了海水的上涨，将在2100年威胁美国180沿海城市，这其中受到最严重影响的地方是迈阿密，新奥尔良以及维吉尼亚海滩。

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Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U. S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected.

气候变化加速了海水的上涨，将在2100年威胁美国180沿海城市，这其中受到最严重影响的地方是迈阿密，新奥尔良以及维吉尼亚海滩。

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The world’s urban centers—many are coastal—are increasingly exposed to rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change.

专家警告说，世界各个城市中心区——很多都是沿海城市——日益暴露在海平面升高和其他气候变化后果面前。

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The melting ice resulting from climate change would affect coastal areas around the world.

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Coastal areas are particularly vulnerable, and human health would also be affected by the impact of climate change."

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"You would have to be living under a rock not to know there is still a need, " said Cass Woods, the project coordinator of Coastal Women for Change.

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Sandwatch is a climate change and coastal monitoring programme which encourages the development of sustainable approaches to address beach environment challenges, while also stimulating local climate change adaptation measures.

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Problems arise from conflicts between different uses of coastal land and waters, overexploitation of coastal resources, discharge of wastes and effluents into coastal waters, increasing stress by sea level change and growth of coastal population.

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