Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脱盐) the ocean water in the largely coastal state.
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Many coastal cities will be covered with water.
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How vulnerable the coastal cities are
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Among global warming's most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.
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ADJ
近海的;沿海的
Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.