je.st
news
Tag: sea
Siemens delivers grid connection for the German BorWin 2 offshore wind project in North Sea
2015-02-02 01:00:00| Power Technology
Siemens has finished setting up the grid connection for the 800MW BorWin 2 offshore wind project in the German North Sea.
Tags: north
project
sea
german
Obama directs agencies to prepare federal projects for rising sea levels
2015-01-31 14:03:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
In a climate change push, Obama issued an executive order on Friday establishing a flood standard aimed at reducing risk and cutting costs of future flood disasters brought on by climate change. "It is the policy of the United States to improve the resilience of communities and Federal assets against the impacts of flooding.
Tags: levels
sea
projects
federal
Earthquakes Rattling Glaciers, Boosting Sea Level Rise
2015-01-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Glacier Hub: Talk of earthquakes likely calls to mind giant fissures opening up along the earths crust, the trembling of rock, buildings crumbling to their knees and, depending on your age and cast of mind, the love of Superman for Lois Lane. But it does not likely conjure up images of giant tongues of sliding ice or the splash of calving icebergs. And yet it should. Most earthquakes are generated by the friction produced by two bodies of rock rapidly sliding past each other on a fault in the Earths crust,...
Tags: level
sea
rise
sea level
Fast sea level rise is a very recent change
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
StudentScience: Sea levels have been rising pretty quickly over the past two decades on average, about 3 millimeters (0.12 inch) per year. Scientists had known that this rate of rise was speeding up. But new data indicate that, compared to 25 years ago or more, those recent increases are far steeper than previously realized. That could boost how much scientists expect seas will rise in coming decades. Such information is important for people living near coastlines. Carling Hay was on a team of scientists that...
Tags: recent
change
level
fast
North Sea nations key to Europes low-carbon transition, says report
2015-01-29 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: North Sea nations, including the UK, have the skills and storage capacity to deliver a carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry that is capable of transforming Europes industry and power sectors, according to a report from Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS). The report argues that CCS technology can provide a cost effective transition to a low-carbon future and a reliable electricity supply whilst securing economic resilience. The report calls for policy within the EU to help the sector...
Sites : [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202] [203] [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] next »