{"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&#8217;s 25 million people face an underwater future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp; 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&nbsp;and pose sinking threats to its 25 million residents.<\/p>\n<p><script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page-embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/vjcpbwblwar4w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"25 million people face an underwater future\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/vjcpbwblwar4w\/embed.jpg?buster=1635970381792\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>editor&#8217;s note: check back each day during cop26 for more pieces in planet forward&#8217;s climate hits&nbsp;home series.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>climate hits home | when i was little, my grandma told me that the city\u2019s name \u201cshanghai\u201d was derived from its location. in chinese, it means \u201cabove the sea.\u201d will it be much longer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4916],"tags":[898,144,4588],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","tag-china","tag-climate-change","tag-cop26"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.4 - 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