| 1 | The Turban Basin in Xinjiang is the world's lowest-lying basin, the lowest point being 154 metres below sea level. | |
| 2 | It also preserves a huge amount of information about past temperatures, rainfall and sea levels. | |
| 3 | But higher ocean temperatures cause icebergs and ice shelves to melt, which raises sea level. | |
| 4 | Ice-cap melting, rises in sea levels, flooding, cyclones and storms will be an inevitable consequence. | |
| 5 | Almost all of the ice-covered regions of the Earth are melting - and seas are rising. |
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