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.
The results can be as unsurprising as confirmation of a long-suspected, low-level version of an easily treatable condition--anemia, for instance--to a high level of alpha-fetoprotein, which has been linked to some liver disorders.