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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/sea_level_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Rising Sea Levels to Continue' data-article-id='487'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7292'>Scientists say sea levels are rising and will continue to do so into the future. </span> <span data-start-time='7292' data-end-time='15542'>Coastal communities around the world are already experiencing the impact of rising seas. </span> <span data-start-time='15542' data-end-time='23042'>Many cities and towns are taking steps to deal with this new reality.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='23042' data-end-time='28896'>Photographers have taken pictures to document those efforts. </span> <span data-start-time='28896' data-end-time='38042'>Their photos are part of an exhibit called Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change. </span> <span data-start-time='38042' data-end-time='45063'>It can be seen at the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, California. </span> <span data-start-time='45063' data-end-time='56708'>There, experts explain the causes of the rising seas and how people are trying to adapt to the changes.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''> </span> <span data-start-time='56708' data-end-time='63333'>Disastrous storms and floods could be a new reality around the world. </span> <span data-start-time='63333' data-end-time='68958'>That is the opinion of oceanographer Jerry Schubel. </span> <span data-start-time='68958' data-end-time='72896'>He is president of the Aquarium of the Pacific.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='72896' data-end-time='80833'>“Global climate change is resulting in rising seas, coastal flooding and increasingly powerful storm surges.” </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='80833' data-end-time='86979'>A video produced by the aquarium shows how water levels are rising. </span> <span data-start-time='86979' data-end-time='98708'>It also shows how low-lying places that flood historically are the areas most vulnerable to the sea level change. </span> <span data-start-time='98708' data-end-time='109563'>Dan Cayan studies weather conditions for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. </span> <span data-start-time='109563' data-end-time='116854'>He says sea levels are rising at a higher rate now than a few years ago.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='116854' data-end-time='122500'>“In the last couple of decades it’s risen at a greater rate. </span> <span data-start-time='122500' data-end-time='132375'>And, we think very confidently that it will accelerate in the next several decades.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='132375' data-end-time='144667'>Scientists estimate that, by the end of the century, sea levels around the world could rise by more than a meter and could continue to rise. </span> <span data-start-time='144667' data-end-time='152646'>Mr. Cayan says heat-trapping greenhouse gasses are causing temperatures to rise.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='152646' data-end-time='155604'>”Sea level rise will not end in 2100. </span> <span data-start-time='155604' data-end-time='168854'>It’s an ongoing problem, as the planet adjusts to a new, essentially a new energy balance because of greenhouse gases.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='168854' data-end-time='177958'>He adds that this pollution is warming the planet, and causing ice at the North and South Poles to melt.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='177958' data-end-time='194667'>“And as the climate warms, the potential for unleashing stored water on Earth, largely in Greenland, Antarctica, holds a lot of potential sea level rise in the future."</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='194667' data-end-time='201583'>Frances Anderton serves as guest curator of the Sink or Swim exhibit. </span> <span data-start-time='201583' data-end-time='211208'>She says the show explores how people are affected by flooding and how they are adapting to the rising water levels.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='211208' data-end-time='217625'>“We have the issue of the rising seas but that is coupled with our desire to live on coast lines. </span> <span data-start-time='217625' data-end-time='221833'>There is an intense level of development on coastlines.”</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='0'></span> <span data-start-time='221833' data-end-time='228125'>One picture in the exhibit shows students attending a floating school on a wooden boat. </span> <span data-start-time='228125' data-end-time='233208'>Jonas Bendiksen took the picture in Bangladesh.</span> <span data-start-time='233208' data-end-time='246271'>A photo from the Netherlands, taken by Iwan Baan, shows a more high-tech floating building: a modern houseboat made of aluminum and glass. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='246271' data-end-time='257208'>Scientists say city planners in coastal communities must continue to come up with new ways to adapt to rising seas. </span> <span data-start-time='257208' data-end-time='265583'>They say this can be done through futuristic buildings, roads and other infrastructure. </span> <span data-start-time='265583' data-end-time='275000'>They say all these structures need to withstand damaging fierce storms and limit human suffering.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='275000' data-end-time='278458'>I’m Mario Ritter.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/open_to_attack_harm_or_damage.m4a'><span>open to attack, harm or damage</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/to_change_behavior.m4a'><span>to change behavior</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/a_powerful_or_major_effect.m4a'><span>a powerful or major effect</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2826 data-hint-location='246271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/what_does_adapt_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>adapt</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to change behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/very_modern.m4a'><span>very modern</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/open_to_attack.m4a'><span>open to attack</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/to_change_behavior_so_that_it_is_easier_to_live_in_a_particular_place.m4a'><span>to change behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/a_powerful_or_major_effect.m4a'><span>a powerful or major effect</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2827 data-hint-location='7292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/what_does_impact_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>impact</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a powerful or major effect'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/very_modern.m4a'><span>very modern</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/open_to_attack.m4a'><span>open to attack</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/to_change_behavior.m4a'><span>to change behavior</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/a_powerful_or_major_effect.m4a'><span>a powerful or major effect</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2828 data-hint-location='144667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/what_is_causing_temperatures_to_rise.m4a'>What is causing temperatures to rise?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='greenhouse gasses'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/overpopulation.m4a'><span>overpopulation</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/droughts.m4a'><span>droughts</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/storms.m4a'><span>storms</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/greenhouse_gasses.m4a'><span>greenhouse gasses</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2829 data-hint-location='109563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/what_is_rising_at_a_very_high_rate.m4a'>What is rising at a very high rate?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='sea levels'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/poverty_rate.m4a'><span>poverty rate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/education_levels.m4a'><span>education levels</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/sea_levels.m4a'><span>sea levels</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/unemployment_rate.m4a'><span>unemployment rate</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2830 data-hint-location='7292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/what_group_is_experiencing_the_impact_of_rising_seas.m4a'>What group is experiencing the impact of rising seas?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='coastal communities'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/small_towns.m4a'><span>small towns</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/coastal_communities.m4a'><span>coastal communities</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/cities.m4a'><span>cities</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/farmers.m4a'><span>farmers</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2831 data-hint-location='246271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/city_planners_in_coastal_communities_must_come_up_with_new_ways_to__blank__to_rising_seas.m4a'>City planners in coastal communities must come up with new ways to <span class='blank'>adapt</span> to rising seas.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='adapt'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/adapt.m4a'><span>adapt</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/stop.m4a'><span>stop</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/halt.m4a'><span>halt</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/defeat.m4a'><span>defeat</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2832 data-hint-location='168854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/pollution_is__blank__the_planet.m4a'>Pollution is <span class='blank'>warming</span> the planet.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='warming'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/cooling.m4a'><span>cooling</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/helping.m4a'><span>helping</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/warming.m4a'><span>warming</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/killing.m4a'><span>killing</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2833 data-hint-location='56708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/disastrous_storms_and__blank__could_be_a_new_reality_around_the_world_.m4a'>Disastrous storms and <span class='blank'>floods</span> could be a new reality around the world. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='floods'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/floods.m4a'><span>floods</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/droughts.m4a'><span>droughts</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/snow.m4a'><span>snow</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/230/tornadoes.m4a'><span>tornadoes</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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