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Obama aide promises support for Florida, other states threatened by sea-level rise
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: At a conference that touched on everything from the possible submergence of the Florida Keys to contaminated drinking water wells, President Obama's principal environmental adviser told south Florida officials yesterday that the "next step" in the administration's efforts on climate change involves supporting state and local governments. White House Council On Environmental Quality chief Nancy Sutley did not say whether additional money or incentives to help south Florida and other coastal regions...
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Australia: Fears sea-level policy may slash $1bn off property values
2013-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newcastle Herald: RESIDENTS fear Lake Macquarie City Councils controversial actions on the risks of sea level rise will wipe more than $1 billion off the value of properties. But some believe the loss could be worse, with homes worthless because they cannot be sold. Some say their properties already wont sell and insurance premiums are skyrocketing problems they blame on the councils sea level rise measures. But the council says changes in property values are a result of the global financial crisis,...
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Historic sea-level change along New Jersey coastline mapped
2013-05-29 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Hurricane Sandy caught the public and policymakers off guard when it hit the United States' Atlantic Coast last fall. Because much of the storm's devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level rise may have played a role in the disaster and how those factors may impact the shoreline in the future. A new study led by the University of Pennsylvania's Benjamin P. Horton, an associate professor in the Department of Earth...
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Saving Delaware's coast from sea-level rise
2013-05-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Delaware Online: In a symbolic blow to state climate change adaption efforts, the Delaware county with most at stake in future sea-level rise forecasts abruptly declined to take any stand on the issue Thursday as a state panel approved dozens of recommendations for dealing with the threat. Jeff Shockley, Sussex County delegate to the states Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee, said local officials instructed him to abstain from voting on any of the roughly 60 options developed by the group over a 2-year period....
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Study projects earlier sea-level rise threat to islands
2013-04-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Low-lying islands may be facing more global warming trouble than previously thought. New modeling that includes storm wind and wave action shows some islands could face regular inundation within the next few decades as sea level rises. Even if the islands are not permanently submerged, ocean flooding is likely contaminate freshwater supplies, damage agriculture and infrastructure and threaten important bird, sea turtle and marine mammal habitat. Oceanographer Curt Storlazzi of the USGS Pacific...
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