Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise.
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Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites.
By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to Retreat to higher and safer ground.
Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise