{"id":11230,"date":"2021-11-03t18:18:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-03t18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/essay-shanghais-25-million-people-face-an-underwater-future\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:26","slug":"shanghai-underwater-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/shanghai-underwater-future\/","title":{"rendered":"essay | shanghai’s 25 million people face an underwater future"},"content":{"rendered":"
when i was little, my grandma told me that the city\u2019s name \u201cshanghai\u201d was derived from its location. in chinese, \u201cshanghai\u201d means \u201cabove the sea.\u201d as a city located in central east china, shanghai seized its geographical advantages and transformed itself into china\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n