Rising Sea Levels

An aerial view of an unnamed Indonesian island in Riau province, October 6, 2007. Many of Indonesia's islands may be swallowed up by the sea as a result of rising sea levels. An aerial view of an Indonesian island almost submerged by rising sea levels, in Riau province, February 29, 2007. A row of water bungalows on Furanafushi Island in the Maldives, May 23, 2009. The Republic of Maldives is an island country made up of a group of 26 atolls where eighty percent of the area is one metre or less above sea level. A man fishes near posts which once held power lines in the ancient coastal village Khun Samutjeen in Thailand's Samut Prakan province, May 1, 2007. Villagers in the area were forced to relocate due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion. A man walks his dog through the flooded Saint Mark's square during a period of high water in Venice, February 6, 2009. A woman looks at skyscrapers in Shanghai's financial district, September 30, 2008. Shanghai, China's most populous city and an aspiring global financial center, is also among the world's most vulnerable urban areas to a rise in sea levels. A view of the Sjogren Glacier along the Larsen B ice shelf, which flows down from the Antarctic Peninsula in a March 2008 photo. According to glaciologists, the fragmented nature of the ice in front of the glacier's leading edge is a clear sign of the increased rate of disintegration of the ice mass in recent years. The massive ice sheet that blankets much of Greenland with blue indicating areas where the loss of ice is greatest. Flood waters cover restaurant tables near the lion column in Saint Mark's square in Venice, December 1, 2008. A closed Dolce & Gabbana clothing shop is immersed in flood waters in Venice, December 1, 2008. A woman wades through flood waters in Venice, December 1, 2008.