The jellyfish spawn along the coasts of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea (see map in article) and some drift towards Japan.

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The northern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerian region, which sits along the coast of the Baltic Sea, was a part of former East Germany.

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Moreover, the risks are rising inexorably: sea level rise is happening at an accelerated rate along the East Coast.

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The flood victims died on 31 January when sea water breached the coastal defences causing widespread damage along England's east coast.

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Sailing along the coast of Siberia by the north-east passage, or Northern Sea Route (NSR), as Russians and mariners call it, cuts the distance between western Europe and east Asia by roughly a third.

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In East Sussex, the EA wants to maintain defences along the River Ouse and coastline between Newhaven and Seaford as sea levels rise.

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