Watch: After the flood (ARTE)

Rising water level is mostly due to a combination of melt water from glaciers and ice sheets and thermal expansion of seawater as it warms

Rising sea levels are accelerating due to global warming and places like Miami, Venice, Belgium and the Marshall Islands are at high risk from sinking beneath the waves.

What can these cities and territories do to adapt to higher sea levels and keep the water at bay?

 

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