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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"This study provides proof that barrier islands exist in every climate and in every tide-wave combination," said Pilkey, a coastal geologist.

“这项研究证明障壁岛存在于每种气候环境和每种潮汐波组合，”海岸地理学家Pilkey说。

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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.

UNESCO: Small Island Developing States

The Mediterranean coastal fringes have a Mediterranean climate with some rain between October and March, but the vast area of desert inland has very little rain at all and here some of the highest temperatures in the world have been recorded.

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The "Blue Carbon" International Scientific Working Group met last week at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the implications of using coastal "blue" carbon as a conservation and management tool contributing to climate change mitigation and the development of associated conservation financing mechanisms.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)