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Rising sea displaces Solomon islanders

2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

World News Australia: As Australia grapples with resettling asylum seekers in the Pacific, the region is struggling to deal with its own displaced people. Islands are becoming uninhabitable as the sea level slowly rises, forcing people to relocate. Thousands will be affected in the Solomons Islands alone and the government has no firm plans yet for what to do with them. A tranquil lagoon in Malaita, Lunga Lunga is sprinkled with islands but they are not the typical tropical variety. These precarious mounds of...

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New federal report says earth is warming and sea levels are rising

2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times-Picayune: A new federal report says that 2012 was one of the 10 warmest on record and, along with rising sea levels and arctic ice melting, are clear signs the worldwide climate is changing. The report said that four major independent datasets ranked 2012 the 8th or 9th warmest on record. It said the United States and Argentina had their warmest year on record. The 260-page peer reviewed report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is likely to be cited often by President Barack Obama and...

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New records for sea ice loss, greenhouse gas in 2012

2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AFP: The world lost record amounts of Arctic sea ice in 2012 and spewed out all-time high levels of greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels, international climate scientists said Tuesday. Last year was among the top 10 on record for global land and surface temperature since modern data collection began, said the State of the Climate report issued annually by researchers in Britain and the United States. "The findings are striking," said Kathryn Sullivan, acting administrator of the National Oceanic and...

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Aids to Navigation for the North Sea

2013-08-07 12:33:00| Offshore Technology

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change regulations require three types of marine lanterns, main, secondary and subsidiary in order to meet their 'standard marking schedule for offshore installations regulations'.

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Sea levels reached record highs in 2012

2013-08-07 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: The risks businesses face from climate change were again underlined yesterday as a new report confirmed 2012 was one of the 10 warmest years on record globally, with sea levels reaching record highs and Arctic Sea ice hitting record lows. Scientists from the United States Department of Commerce yesterday launched the annual report, which details a series of key global climate indicators, including information on average temperatures, extreme weather events, ice melt in the Arctic and sea levels....

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