This sinking increases the relative sea level rise there.
Democrats are on the rise there as west-coasters move into the state.
But right-wing parties that hold strongly anti-Semitic views are on the rise there, too.
That has given rise there, as well as in Uganda, to the emergence of radical Islam.
But sure enough, a huge house is about to rise there, obliterating our view.
Indeed, there are low grade wars in both places, and fundamentalism is on the rise there.
In the light of global warming and sea level rise there are many coastal beaches that suffer from erosion.
More instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan, or the rise there of an aggressively Islamist government, would be serious threats.
Mosul is a microcosm of the problems afflicting Iraq, and civil conflict is clearly on the rise there.
But I kept casting glances over my shoulder at the island, expecting fish to rise there as dusk approached.
With the rise there of the Sunni fundamentalism known as Wahhabism, severe restrictions have been placed on Shia practice and its leaders jailed.
