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What Britain has to do if it doesn't want to live with floods (no, it's not dredging)
2014-02-10 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ten years ago Sir David King, the chief scientist, warned that existing policies on flooding were not an option "Hard choices need to be taken we must either invest more in sustainable approaches to flood and coastal management or learn to live with increased flooding." The floods foresight report in which he sounded the warning explained what King meant by "sustainable" approaches to flood and coastal management, and it doesn't mean dredging. Sustainable flood management actually involves...
Britain launches 600m Northern Hub rail upgrade project
2014-02-10 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The 600m Northern Hub project, which includes upgrades to the railway in the North of England, was launched by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne when he flagged off the 20m platform upgrade at Manchester Airport station.
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United Kingdom: Met Office blames climate change for flurry of storms that have battered Britain
2014-02-09 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mirror: Top scientist Dame Julia Slingo said: "If we look at the broader base of evidence then we see things that support the premise that climate change has been making a contribution." Climate change "almost certainly" lies behind the flurry of storms that have ravaged Britain this winter, it has been claimed. The Met Office's chief scientist, Dame Julia Slingo, said "all the evidence" pointed to the phenomenon playing a role. She also delivered a grim warning that the country should prepare for...
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Massive Coastal Floods Predicted as Storms Flood Britain
2014-02-07 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Met Office forecasters warn that strong winds and big waves will bring risk of flooding and damaging winds along Britain`s southern and southwestern coasts into the weekend, intensifying storm conditions that have persisted all week. Globally, coastal regions face "massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding during the 21st century," new research predicts. Over the next three days, more rain and very strong winds are in the forecast as Atlantic storm Ruth batters Britain this weekend...
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Should coastal Britain surrender to tides?
2014-02-07 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Before the coast became our national park and playground, we once feared the sea. It was where "beauty, horror and immensity united", as the Romantics might put it. This phrase sprang to mind watching the church tower of Porthleven cowering behind terrifying blasts of spray this week, and seeing a section of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon railway, the engineering marvel that snakes along the south coast, reduced to something like a rope bridge at Dawlish. Those whose homes have been wrecked...
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