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China at risk of losing its eastern seaboard
China is at risk of losing its prosperous eastern seaboard to rising sea levels caused by global warming.
The Xinhua newagency reported that the sea level along China's coastline has been rapidly rising over the past five decades.
Quoting domestic tide statistics, the newsagency reported that in the past few years the rate had accelerated to 2.6 millimeters a year.
Meteorologists predict that in the next 30 years, the sea level will have risen by between one and 16 centimeters
By 2050 it will have reached between six to 26 centimeters higher and by the end of the 21st century could have risen 30 to 70 centimeters.
Experts warn China's long coastline, which houses about 70 percent of its large cities, over half of its population and nearly 60 percent of the national economy, stands to suffer the most.
14/04/2002 05:11:26 | ABC Radio Australia News
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