By measuring the slow rising and falling of the ground as the inexorable collision of the Nazca plate squeezed the coast, they could calculate how fast strain was actually building.

通过测量因纳斯卡板块挤压海岸发生碰撞造成的地面的缓慢上升与下降，他们能够估算压力的实际聚集速度。

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LAST summer, on the Atlantic coast of France, Charlemagne was introduced to a fine beach game: building big sand-walls near the shoreline in the face of a rising tide.

去年夏天，法国大西洋沿岸，一种有趣的沙滩游戏加入了查理曼大帝元素：涨潮时在海岸线上建一堵沙墙。

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Land prices are rising, especially along the Adriatic coast, as foreigners buy up plots for future development.

由于外国投资者大量收购为将来经营作准备，土地价格，特别是亚地里亚海沿岸的土地价格飙升。

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Kendall was enclosed in a dark space high above a city rising from a coast engulfed in darkness.

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The problem is, as sea level rises, storm surges become more dangerous and more frequent, and sea levels along the northeast Atlantic coast are rising faster than most anyplace on earth.

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The coastal cliffs and spectacular abrasion platforms of the Cantabrian Coast are bordered by a mountainous landscape rising to heights of 1000 m.

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