SOCIETY
May 19, 2022
4 minutes
Railway Maintenance
Workers replace rails on the line between Datong in Shanxi Province and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province on May 10. A 20-day overhaul of the railway is being carried out to ensure transportation efficiency and improve safety.
Rising Sea Level
China’s sea levels reached their highest on record in 2021, according to a bulletin released by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Xinhua News Agency reported on May 9.
Over the past year, the sea levels overall were 84 mm higher than the average between 1993 and 2011, according to the report.
The rising sea level is largely due to global warming, which has led to the expansion of seawater, and the melting of glaciers
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