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Miami among 'most at risk' for sea-level rise, federal report says
2013-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WLRN: Coastal flooding will worsen in Miami if climate change patterns continue, according to a federal draft report. Florida -- and Miami in particular -- should prepare for habitat destruction, loss of cropland, increased salt-water intrusion, worsening coastal flooding, and a host of related disasters if climate change and sea level rise patterns continue, according to findings in a federal "draft climate report." The recently released, 30-chapter "Climate Assessment Report" was overseen by the National...
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Humans have already set in motion 69 feet of sea-level rise
2013-01-31 14:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last week, a much discussed new paper in the journal Nature seemed to suggest to some that we neednt worry too much about the melting of Greenland, the mile-thick mass of ice at the top of the globe. The research found that the Greenland ice sheet seems to have survived a previous warm period in Earths history - the Eemian period, some 126,000 years ago - without vanishing (although it did melt considerably). But Ohio State glaciologist Jason Box isnt buying it. At Mondays Climate Desk...
Markell plans to address sea-level rise, teacher pay
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cape Gazette: Officials are working to address sea-level rise, school safety and job creation for Delaware. Gov. Jack Markell delivered his state of the state address, surrounded by legislators and other elected officials, Jan. 17, at Legislative Hall in Dover. In the speech, This is the world we now live in, Markell asked the General Assembly to help him pass legislation to fund infrastructure projects to address flooding, enact legislation to ban certain firearms and raise the pay for teachers. The governor...
Report: Virginia must lead in fighting sea-level rise
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Virginian-Pilot: Virginia needs to get serious about rising sea levels and frequent flooding and take the lead in combatting the problems that threaten the allure of living and doing business on the coast, according to a report distributed this week to state lawmakers. The report is hardly the first time that scientists have laid out the enormous stakes of sea level rise - especially in low-lying regions such as Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore, which flood almost every time it rains. But the 135-page document...
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