yuting wu, author at planet forward - 克罗地亚vs加拿大让球 https://planetforward1.wpengine.com/author/yuting-wu/ inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 tue, 07 mar 2023 19:39:26 +0000 en-us hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 essay | shanghai’s 25 million people face an underwater future //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/shanghai-underwater-future/ wed, 03 nov 2021 18:18:34 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/essay-shanghais-25-million-people-face-an-underwater-future/ climate hits home | when i was little, my grandma told me that the city’s name “shanghai” was derived from its location. in chinese, it means “above the sea.” will it be much longer?

]]> when i was little, my grandma told me that the city’s name “shanghai” was derived from its location. in chinese, “shanghai” means “above the sea.”  as a city located in central east china, shanghai seized its geographical advantages and transformed itself into china’s financial and cultural hub. however, with the exacerbation of climate change globally, rising sea levels create a problem in terms of the location of shanghai and pose sinking threats to its 25 million residents.

25 million people face an underwater future

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