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Alberta floods a wake-up call to dangers of extreme weather: Experts
2013-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ottawa Citizen: The Alberta floods are Canadas Hurricane Sandy moment, and should be a catalyst for badly needed changes to limit future damage from extreme weather, say experts on climate change adaptation. In many cases, the standards for where and how we build are completely out of date with a climatically changed future, said Ian Mauro, Canada Research Chair in human dimension and environmental change at Mount Allison University. The Alberta floods, he said, should be a wake-up call that we need to seriously...
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