问答题 Water is the giver and, at the same time, the taker of life.It covers most of the surface of the planet we live on and features large in the development of the human race.On present predictions, it is a statement that is set to assume even greater significance. Throughout history, water has had a huge impact on our lives.Humankind has always had a rather ambiguous relationship with water, on the one hand receiving enormous benefit from it, not just as a drinking source, but as a provider of food and a means whereby to travel and to trade.But forced to live close to water in order to survive and to develop, the relationship has not always been peaceful or beneficial.In fact, it has been quite the contrary.What has essentially been a necessity for survival was turned out in many instances to have a very destructive and life-threatening side.
【正确答案】Coastal regions.
【答案解析】文章第八段首句提到,随着极地冰盖的融化,沿海地区和一些低洼岛屿极有可能被海水淹没。因此,未来沿海地区可能在水下。由此可知本题答案。