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Philippines: Mangroves shield coastal areas from storm surge
2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Mirror: Close to a thousand civil servants from different national and local offices, employees from private companies and students trooped to the shore of Taytay, El Salvador City in Misamis Oriental, on Thursday for their unified gesture to celebrate the World Environment Day (WED). They planted mangroves. This years celebration, which is anchored on the theme, Small Islands and Climate Change, with the slogan--Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level--aims to promote worldwide awareness and action...
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How Maine can sustain coastal communities in the face of climate change
2014-05-26 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangor Daily News: The National Climate Assessment released recently highlights the impacts of climate change across the country, including on our coastal communities. Maine fishermen are already seeing the effect of warming waters and shifting species. Between climate change and the current trends in the health of the lobster fishery, there is little doubt that the economic base of our coastal communities will change in the years ahead. How it changes depends on actions fishermen, community leaders, government officials...
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Rising seas threaten Delaware coastal areas
2014-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Delaware Online: Along Prime Hook Beach, one of Delaware's most flood-threatened spots, longtime resident James A. Joyce Jr. said he pays attention to hurricane hazards, but worries more often about winter northeast storms. "I've been here 18 years now and we've been fortunate so far," Joyce said. "None of the hurricanes have really hit us hard. But hurricanes are always bad for somebody, and eventually our luck is going to run out." For Delaware's coastal residents, all storms be it a fast moving but highly...
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Climate Change Will Force Us Abandon Coastal Cities. We Better Start Preparing Right Now
2014-05-18 19:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: On Monday, the New York Times reported on two new climate change studies that came to the same, terrifying conclusion: The heat-trapping gases could destabilize other parts of Antarctica as well as the Greenland ice sheet, potentially causing enough sea-level rise that many of the worlds coastal cities would eventually have to be abandoned. Abandoned. While actual abandonment would not happen for many years (were talking centuries), the studies warned that our actions now are irrevocable...
Great Barriers: Reefs First Line of Coastal Defense
2014-05-14 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A new study quantifies what many surfers already know: coral reefs help defuse incoming waves and create huge breaks. While that helps determine where to hang ten, it also hints at something much more important: reefs are a first line of defense for coastal communities when it comes to storm surge protection and that in many cases, they are much more efficient and cost effective than building sea walls. Coral reef scenery off the coast of Egypt. In a warming world where sea levels are rising...
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