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Planners in southeast Florida try to awaken state to sea-level rise
2014-08-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Dean Sherwin frowned. He had heard a speaker at the sea-level rise conference he was attending say that half of southeast Florida would be crippled by 2030. Sherwin stuck up his hand and said that she should correct her choice of language. Some roads would have to be rebuilt and some people would have to retreat from the coast. Half of South Florida's flood control infrastructure would be overwhelmed if the Atlantic Ocean rises by a projected 6 inches above 2010 levels. But half of South Florida...
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Sea-level surge changing coastal Prince Edward Island
2014-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Back in 1959 it was prime waterfront property and at $15 an acre, a bargain to boot. But those three lovely acres in Savage Harbour snapped up by Emmett McKenna are gone. They once offered a lovely north shore view now theyre under water. The family had to move the cottage back when rising sea levels claimed Pigots Point, but McKenna still pays the $1 tax every year just in case it comes back. WHO IS UNDER WATER NEXT? Prince Edward Island is slowly disappearing, parts of it anyway, and...
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Report: Gulf and Atlantic Coasts Not Prepared for Sea-Level Rise
2014-07-23 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are not ready for the increased flooding and stronger storms that are expected from climate change, scientists say. The National Research Council report, released today, warns that the past few years have seen "a dramatic rise in coastal-storm-related losses" along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, thanks to an increase in population and a rise in the number of homes and other structures built in at-risk areas. "There's a huge sense of urgency here," says Greg...
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New Zealand: Actions against sea-level rise identified
2014-07-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Otago Daily Times: Turning Forbury Park racecourse into a lake, building a wall around it or raising the whole area have been rejected as options for defending Dunedin's harbourside and south city areas from sea-level rise. But a series of pumps at low-lying points and wells around its coastal fringes could be viable ways of saving one of the city's most valuable areas - home to $4.3 billion worth of infrastructure and property assets and 10,000 people - from going under water, an initial assessment of the options...
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Warm water likely to accelerate Antarctic ice melt and sea-level rise, Australian scientists find
2014-07-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Warm water is likely to increasingly displace cold water around the Antarctic coastline, prompting accelerated ice melt and more sea level rise, according to new Australian research. Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have modelled how shifting wind patterns can drag warm water currents right up to the base of the giant ice shelves. "What you usually have is cold water sitting next to the ice shelves at about minus 2 degrees Celsius and then warm water further out," said...
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