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Torres Strait Islands under threat by rising seas
2015-01-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The rising seas of the Torres Strait could make some islands uninhabitable in a few decades. To prepare for projected rises of 50 to 100 centimetres over the next century, the Torres Strait Regional Authority has developed a climate change strategy. The authority's chairman, Joseph Elu, says a joint federal and State Government project rebuilding sea walls on six of the region's 14 inhabited islands is helping. But he told Nance Haxton a more comprehensive plan is needed to...
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Property values plummet on B.C.'s Mayne and Saturna islands
2015-01-05 07:26:37| Real Estate - Topix.net
Much like single-family homes around Vancouver, Lululemon Athletica Inc. founder Chip Wilson's waterfront house on tony Point Grey Road increased in value by about 6.5 per cent, according to B.C. Assessment records. A ferry travels between Mayne and Galiano islands in November.
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$160 Million superyacht cruises Hawaiian islands
2014-11-29 13:12:45| Airlines - Topix.net
The VAVA II is owned by Swiss/Italian pharmaceutical tycoon and billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli and his wife, songwriter Kirsty Bertarelli. How is this for size, the vessel is longer than a football field, equipped with a fold-down beach club, helicopter pad, six decks, swimming pool and can accommodate 36 guests.
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As sea levels rise, tiny Pacific islands might not sink, they might just move instead
2014-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Company: The people of Kirbati might not sink under the waves, but they will nevertheless have to become more mobile, and new kinds of housing designs can help. Kiribati, an island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is one of the earliest clear-cut victims of climate change. The highest points on the main island are no more than two meters above sea level. Earlier this year, the president of Kiribati made headlines for spending $8.7 million on a piece of land in Fiji as a place to send climate...
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Mayor calls Staten Island's top cop Delatorre an 'outstanding police leader,' confirms probe into ticket-fix allegation
2014-10-30 00:44:22| Auto Parts - Topix.net
The mayor on Wednesday hailed the borough's top cop, Asst. Chief Edward Delatorre, as an "outstanding police leader," but confirmed that the NYPD has opened a probe into reports he ordered his officers to fix a headlight for the mom of police chokehold victim Eric Garner.
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