由于人类的活动加上气候变化,海甲面上升的幅度甚至将比人们所担忧的还要高,香港很可能在下个世纪被海水淹没。根据一次由美国马里兰大学负责协调的研究,其它可能被海水淹没的城市还包括上海、曼谷、东京、亚历山大以及里约热内卢。虽然美国路易斯安那州沿海地区将受灾最重,但西方城市受到的威胁较小。如果这一最坏的预测成为现实,海水将使耗资数十亿英磅的泰唔士河防洪大堤决口,从而淹没伦敦部分地区。这些研究结果,是由颇有影响的华盛顿气象研究所约翰·托平博士于最近在伦敦召开的皇家 Due to human activities coupled with climate change, the sea surface will rise even more than people are worried about. Hong Kong is likely to be inundated by sea water in the next century. According to a study coordinated by the University of Maryland, other cities that may be inundated by seawater include Shanghai, Bangkok, Tokyo, Alexandria and Rio de Janeiro. While the coastal areas of Louisiana in the United States will be hardest hit, the western cities are less threatened. If this worst prediction is to come to fruition, the sea will flood billions of pounds of the Thames River flood dam and inundate parts of London. These findings, led by the influential Washington Meteorological Institute Dr. John Tober, recently held in London