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Swimmers leave the ocean during a rainstorm in Qingdao, Shandong province, China.According to observations from Chinese tide stations, the sea level along China's coastline has maintained a rapidly rising speed over the past five decades. The elevation accelerated in recent years with an annual increase of 2.6 millimetres. Metereologists predict that in the next 30 years , the sea level will continue to rise by 1 to 16 centimetres. Such a development will have disastrous effects on the ecological and environmental balance along coastal areas according to Ding Yihui, a climate expert with the China Metereological Administration.@hessekatharina#everydayclimatechange#rainstorm#Qingdao

Swimmers leave the ocean during a rainstorm in Qingdao, Shandong province, China.

According to observations from Chinese tide stations, the sea level along China's coastline has maintained a rapidly rising speed over the past five decades. The elevation accelerated in recent years with an annual increase of 2.6 millimetres. Metereologists predict that in the next 30 years , the sea level will continue to rise by 1 to 16 centimetres. Such a development will have disastrous effects on the ecological and environmental balance along coastal areas according to Ding Yihui, a climate expert with the China Metereological Administration.

@hessekatharina

#everydayclimatechange

#rainstorm

#Qingdao