Many Major Airports Are Near Sea Level. A Disaster in Japan Shows What Can Go Wrong. Airports in Shanghai, Rome, New York and other major cities, often designed before global warming was fully understood, face a threat from rising seas and extreme weather. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Overlooked No More: Bette Nesmith Graham, Who Invented Liquid PaperTrump Presses NATO on Military Spending, but Signs Its Criticism of RussiaBBC Closes Gender Pay Gap, but Men Are Still Its 12 Highest-Paid StarsMemories Lost and Futures on Hold: A Look Inside a Camp for Syria’s DisplacedGermany ‘Captive to Russia’ for Energy, Trump ClaimsAfter 20 Years of Silence, Strangers in Ethiopia and Eritrea Call to Say Hello