![]() ![]() Basra, the second-largest city in Iraq, could be mostly underwater Further loss of land to rising waters there 'threatens to drive further social and political instability in the region, which could reignite armed conflict and increase the likelihood of terrorism,' said General Castellaw, who is now on the advisory board of the Center for Climate and Security". Alexandria, Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great around 330 B.C., could be lost to rising waters. much of Mumbai, India's financial capital and one of the largest cities in the world, is at risk of being wiped out. In Thailand, more than 10 percent of citizens now live on land that is likely to be inundated by 2050 In Shanghai, one of Asia's most important economic engines, water threatens to consume the heart of the city and many other cities around it. ![]() Southern Vietnam could all but disappear. ![]() The new research shows that some 150 million people are now living on land that will be below the high-tide line by midcentury. From the New York Times, quote: "Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world's great coastal cities. ![]()
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