The Associated Press: Rising seas [allegedly] threaten Shanghai, other major cities

Shanghai, altitude roughly 3 meters (10 feet) above sea level, is among dozens of great world cities — including London, Miami, New York, New Orleans, Mumbai, Cairo, Amsterdam and Tokyo — threatened by sea levels that now are rising twice as fast as projected just a few years ago, expanding from warmth and meltwater. Estimates of the scale and timing vary, but Stefan Rahmstorf, a respected expert at Germany's Potsdam Institute, expects a 1-meter (3-foot) rise in this century and up to 5 meters (15 feet) over the next 300 years.

April '09: Sea Level Graphs from UC and some perspectives « Watts Up With That?

[comment] The fact is sea level are flatlining now since 2006 are may actually start to decline…..due to reduced watts/mt from the sun.