Rising sea levels could severely disrupt crude oil shipments, erode energy security, think tank warns

Open this photo in gallery: The Liberia-flagged tanker Peria is escorted by a Turkish coastal safety boat as it transits the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 21.Yoruk Isik/Reuters Rising sea levels could severely disrupt crude oil shipments and erode energy security in import-dependent countries like China, South Korea and Japan, with many of the world's biggest terminals vulnerable to flooding, researchers said on Tuesday. Melting ice and swelling seas caused by rising temperatures could "unleash unstoppable multi-metre (sea level rise) which will not only sink key oil ports and disrupt global oil trade but also swamp coastal refineries and…