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Pacific islands fighting for survival as sea levels rise
2013-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: Pacific islanders challenged world leaders this week to act on climate change, warning that their low-lying atolls are close to becoming uninhabitable because of rising seas and increasingly severe floods, droughts and storm surges. "The Pacific is fighting for its survival. Climate change has already arrived," said Christopher Loeak, president of the Marshall Islands, which host the Pacific islands` annual summit, attended by most of the world`s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, including...
Sea ice changes are affecting vegetation on land
2013-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Public Media: The Arctic sea ice has been surprising scientists for the last six years. It set a new record for melting back during the International Polar Year in 2007. Last year it beat that record, but at the same time the seasonal ice in the Bering Sea has been increasing also to a record last winter. Whatever is driving these changes is also beginning to affect the vegetation on land. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology set up a series of test plots along the Dalton Highway...
Looming sea level crisis faces US
2013-09-06 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: Cities along the US east coast face a looming sea level rise crisis from a growing number of disasters as severe as hurricane Sandy, according to research on links between extreme weather and climate change. Human-made global warming was a factor in at least six intense weather events last year, the study shows, from the superstorm that hit New York in October to the record melting of the Arctic and US heatwaves. Climate change also had a role in Spains drought and torrential New Zealand rains,...
New concern over North Sea gas leak
2013-09-05 21:02:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Renewed safety concerns are raised about a North Sea oil and gas field which was closed down last year due to a leak.
Firm secures 90m North Sea deal
2013-09-05 12:26:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An Aberdeen-based firm wins a 90m contract to provide North Sea inspection services to oil giant Talisman Sinopec Energy UK.
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