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India floods: fears grow for farmland devastated in Uttarakhand
2013-08-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than a month after flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in north India left 1,000 dead and 6,000 missing, the government has yet to release a full agricultural impact assessment, triggering fears about the extent of damage to farmland. Questions remain as to how soon soil restoration efforts will bear fruit and when the farm economy, which accounted for just under 11% of the state's $160bn (105bn) gross domestic product in 2012-13, will be restored. Heavy flooding on 15 and...
Coral Reef Ecosystems Devastated by Climate Change
2013-06-07 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Marine biologists worst fears seem to be confirmed: coral colonies take a long time to recover from catastrophic climate events. British and Brazilian biologists report in the Public Library of Science One (PLoS One) that the richest habitats of the sea could also be among the most vulnerable to climate change. Bleached coral at a site in Palau monitored by the Palau International Coral Reef Center, juxtaposed with healthy, living coral. The number and extent of bleaching events have been...
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New Jersey looks to buy out streets, neighborhoods devastated by Sandy
2013-04-17 15:38:28| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NJ Spotlight: With $250 million in federal money allocated for the effort, DEP Commissioner Bob Martin faced repeated questions yesterday from the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee during a hearing in the Statehouse annex on the agencys proposed budget for the fiscal year 2014. What were trying to do is buy out whole streets and whole neighborhoods. Thats a top criteria, Martin told the lawmakers. Just buying one or two houses doesnt really help. The agency has been talking with various...
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Dunalley property devastated by fire
2013-01-07 09:01:25| IT Services - Topix.net
A Dunalley property is left devastated on January 7, 2013, after bushfires swept through the area in south-east Tasmania.
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