In addition to an increase in flooding, sea-level rise could also result in the permanent flooding of low-lying small island states in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

除了增大发生洪灾的可能性以外，海平面的上升也可能导致加勒比海、印度洋以及太平洋的一些低洼的小岛国永久的被淹没。

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Sediment buildup from the natural flow of the river will slowly cause the water level in the reservoir to rise - potentially flooding low-lying parts of Chongqing.

泥沙的堆积是由河水自然流动形成的，这缓慢地推动水库水位的上升，这造成了重庆部分低洼地区可能被洪水淹没的潜在危险。

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He presents a series of speculative vignettes of life at various low-lying locations, from Miami to Venice to the Netherlands to Bangladesh, as the level of atmospheric CO2 and the oceans rise.

他针对大气中二氧化碳增加和海水升高，推出了一系列各低洼地区生活的推测性短文，从迈阿密到威尼斯到荷兰到孟加拉国。

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The Security Council this afternoon expressed concern that the possible adverse effects of climate change could, in the long-run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security and that the loss of territory in some States due to sea-level rise, particularly in small low-lying island States, could have possible security implications.

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But even more pertinent is the huge variation in their national interests, between those such as low-lying small islands that may literally cease to exist as nations as the sea level rises, and the oil-producing states of the Persian Gulf and Opec for whom the priority is to keep the oil and gas flowing.

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The threat is more evident in heavily populated low-lying areas, and the risk multiplies with prospects of climate change and associated sea-level rise.

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