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As sea level rises, an Alaska village faces an existential dilemma
2014-11-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Chukchi Sea's unrelenting waves were slowly ripping away the land and homes of the 600 or so residents of this Alaska Native village on a sinking barrier island. U.S. government reports determined that the community was "imminently threatened" with inundation and needed "immediate action" to move to safer ground on the mainland. Villagers voted 161-20 to relocate off the island. Shishmaref, the media proclaimed, would be the United States' first climate refugees. That was in 2002. More...
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Recent Sea Level Rise is Truly Unnatural: Study
2014-10-14 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A new study has revealed more evidence that the sea level rise the world has already experienced in recent years is not characteristic of the natural fluctuations the planet has seen over the past millennia, indicating that it is at least in-part a consequence of unnatural human influence. The study, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, details how the 20-centimeter sea level rise seen over past century is 10 times what is observed on average over...
Sea level rise over past century unmatched in 6,000 years, says study
2014-10-13 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The rise in sea levels seen over the past century is unmatched by any period in the past 6,000 years, according to a lengthy analysis of historical sea level trends. The reconstruction of 35,000 years of sea level fluctuations finds that there is no evidence that levels changed by more than 20cm in a relatively steady period that lasted between 6,000 years ago and about 150 years ago. This makes the past century extremely unusual in the historical record, with about a 20cm rise in global sea...
Australia: Sea level rise ruling may set precedent
2014-10-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newcastle Herald: SEA level rise and flood risk will take centre stage when Lake Macquarie City Council makes big decisions on two development applications on Monday. Council staff have recommended refusal of a dual occupancy at Swansea and a two-lot subdivision at Carey Bay. Council staff prepared conditions of consent for both plans in response to a request from councillors. However, staff are sticking to their opposition to the plans. A council report said the Swansea plan, in Catherine Street, was...
St. Petersburg to look into expected sea level rise in waterfront master plan
2014-10-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay: When city officials publicly kicked off the downtown waterfront master planning process in August, they described the nearly seven miles fronting Tampa Bay as a beautiful gem that set the city apart. What Mayor Rick Kriseman, Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin and planning chief Dave Goodwin didn't mention in their remarks to hundreds of residents gathered in a ballroom at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront was the threat of rising sea levels between Coffee Pot Bayou and Lassing Park. As city residents...
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