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Rising seas will swamp homes, report says

 England’s coastal communities haven’t faced up to the reality of rising seas through climate change,

Rising seas threaten Vietnam’s top rice producer

 VietNamNet Bridge – Because of climate change, Kien Giang Province is struggling to maintain its place as Vietnam’s biggest rice producer – a distinction it has held for nearly two decades.

Rain, waves and rising seas erode Hoi An beaches

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 70 per cent of a newly grown protective forest and a large area of Cua Dai Beach have been washed away by large waves, intense rains and a higher sea level since last year.

Land subsidence, rising seas threaten Mekong Delta

The sustainable development of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta faces many threats, especially the rising sea level, worsening land subsidence and declining sedimentation, 

Environment Agency: 7,000 properties to be lost to sea

An estimated 7,000 properties around England and Wales will be sacrificed to rising seas over the next century, according to the Environment Agency.