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Southern China sea levels to rise by 2050: state media

More than 1,100km2 of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising sea-levels by 2050 due to global warming, state press said yesterday.

"The Pearl River Delta area, a leading manufacturing hub, will be hard hit by climate change in the coming decades," the China Daily quoted Du Yaodong (杜堯東), an expert with the Guangdong provincial weather center, as saying.

The major cities of Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Foshan are expected to be the worst hit by sea-levels that are expected to rise by at least 30cm by 2050, the paper said.

The findings, contained in a recent report by Guangdong weather authorities, said 1,153km2 of coastline along the delta would be flooded by the rising waters, the paper said.

"Climate change will negatively affect the economic development of Guangdong, which is currently one of the biggest consumers of energy and producers of greenhouse gases," Du said.

The region is already witnessing extreme weather.
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