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The human fingerprints on coastal floods
2016-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: There are human fingerprints on thousands of U.S. coastal floods -- and countless more the world over. We have known for a long time that sea level is rising. The link to global warming has been both intuitive and evident. Temperatures rise, and satellites watch glaciers and ice sheets shrink; networks of robotic buoys sample ocean waters as they heat and expand. We have also known that coastal floods are increasing. The link to sea level rise is clear. A higher starting level means that the...
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United Kingdom: Global warming will unleash increasingly devastating floods in coming years, scientists warn
2016-02-02 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Climate change made the severe storms which flooded the Somerset Levels in 2014 much more likely, according to new research that suggests global warming will unleash increasingly devastating floods in coming years. The report finds that man-made greenhouse gas emissions have increased the chance of extreme flooding by 43 per cent, as the warming climate holds larger quantities of moisture, which leads to heavier rainfall. What was once a 1 in 100-year event in a world without climate change is...
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Ocean Warming is Making Floods Worse, Study Finds
2016-01-26 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Floodwaters that washed icy brine into streets and homes along the eastern seaboard during Saturday's blizzard reached heights in some places not experienced since Hurricane Sandy. "I just hope it isn't a sign of things to come,' Pam Bross told a local newspaper as she mopped up the market she operates on a New Jersey street not normally reached by storm surges. With tides and storm surges inching upward and inward, worsening floods are harbingers of even soggier times ahead. As the weekend's...
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Indonesia: How tweeting about floods became a civic duty in Jakarta
2016-01-25 10:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Five major floods hit Indonesias capital, Jakarta, in 2015, sparking more than 100,000 flood-related Twitter conversations in the city. Jakarta, the worlds second largest city, is regularly devastated by flooding during the annual monsoon. The global proliferation of smartphones has meant citizens increasingly take to social media networks to share information during emergency events like these. Thats why PetaJakarta.org (Map Jakarta) was born: its an online platform that transforms Twitter...
Teaneck-based Cognizant provides update on Chennai floods impact
2016-01-12 18:46:50| IT Services - Topix.net
Teaneck-based information technology company Cognizant Technology Solutions said Tuesday that the company was able to mitigate the worst effects of record flooding last month in Chennai, India, where it has 11 delivery and operations centers and the company reaffirmed its full-year revenue and earnings guidance.
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