Experts issue warning about looming threat to coastal cities: 'There's nothing we can do about it'

Experts issue warning about looming threat to coastal cities: 'There's nothing we can do about it'

Many people have seen viral videos of water gushing through New York City subway tunnels, or been warned to visit Venice before it is completely underwater. But another city in Colombia faces a similar fate. What's happening? Over the last twenty years, the sea level on the shores of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, has risen an average of seven millimeters yearly, according to EL PAÍS.  Cartagena is being affected by melting ice caps and rising g…