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Hawaii beach erosion blamed on rising seas
2013-09-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A building on the island of Maui, threatened by coastal erosion. Higher average rates of erosion on Maui are due, in part, to higher rates of local sea level rise compared to the nearby island of Oahu. Sea level rise may be the main force driving beach erosion in Hawaii, new research suggests. Shorelines naturally change through time as a result of many factors, including changes in sea level, ocean currents and the strength of waves, all of which control the amount of sand brought to beaches...
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Climate Change Warning: 20 Cities With The Most To Lose From Rising Seas
2013-08-26 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: Coastal cities around the world face a two-pronged problem: On one hand, there's a march of migration toward the coasts as people increasingly leave rural areas and move into urban areas, in search of better jobs and education. On the other, global sea levels are steadily rising, even as the construction of big buildings and the extraction of groundwater puts pressure on the land, a phenomenon called subsidence that's being viewed with increasing alarm in places from Louisiana to Indonesia. And...
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Rising levels of acids in seas may endanger marine life, says study
2013-08-25 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are causing a potential catastrophe in our oceans as they become more acidic, scientists have warned. Hans Poertner, professor of marine biology at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, and co-author of a new study of the phenomenon, told the Guardian: "The current rate of change is likely to be more than 10 times faster than it has been in any of the evolutionary crises in the earth's history." Seawater is naturally slightly alkaline,...
Task force: Coasts should prepare for rising seas
2013-08-19 15:40:35| Energy - Topix.net
In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, a vehicle is submerged in floodwater left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy near a Consolidated Edison power plant in New York.
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Superstorm task force says as coasts rebuild, they should prep for rising seas, future floods
2013-08-19 04:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A presidential task force charged with developing a strategy for rebuilding areas damaged by Superstorm Sandy has issued a report recommending 69 policy initiatives, most focused on a simple warning: Plan for future storms in an age of climate change and rising sea levels. The report released Monday by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force says coastal communities should assume floods are going to happen more frequently and realize that spending more now on protective measures could save money...
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