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Salton Sea could benefit from California water bond
2014-09-02 15:41:34| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U-T San Diego: Talk with leaders from Imperial County and youll hear a clear message: Time is running out to save the Salton Sea, the accidental desert lake whose receding shores pose a growing hazard for the wildlife and people who live nearby. This largest of inland lakes in California is expected to see even more rapid water loss by 2018 connected, in part, to water sales to the San Diego region. The water loss threatens the biological diversity of the sea, which serves as a central stop for hundreds...
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Antarctic sea level rising faster than global rate
2014-09-02 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study of satellite data from the last 19 years reveals that fresh water from melting glaciers has caused the sea-level around the coast of Antarctica to rise by 2cm more than the global average of 6cm. Researchers at the University of Southampton detected the rapid rise in sea-level by studying satellite scans of a region that spans more than a million square kilometres. The melting of the Antarctic ice sheet and the thinning of floating ice shelves has contributed an excess of around...
Construction phase of North Sea Global Tech I wind farm completed
2014-09-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
The construction phase of Global Tech I wind farm, which is located 100km off the coast in the German North Sea, has been completed with the erection of all 80 AREVA turbines.
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Rising sea levels pose salt threat in Vietnam
2014-08-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Straits Times: Pham Thi Ly buys fresh water every 10 days from a well operator in another commune during the dry season. To ensure her children have clean drinking water, she has to buy the bottled stuff. The dry season typically runs for four months and this buying of water puts a dent into whatever she earns from fishing. But Mrs Ly has no choice - there is no fresh water to be had as the groundwater under the Thua Duc Commune in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province has become too salty for daily use. Mr Tran...
Irregular crossings of the Mediterranean Sea leave nearly 300 dead in the past week
2014-08-29 01:00:00| Ship Technology
More than 300 deaths have been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea in the past week, due to irregular sea crossings by migrants from North Africa to Europe.
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