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Cyclone-hit remote Fiji islands begin to receive aid, death toll 42

2016-02-24 06:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The Fijian government and international aid agencies began delivering much needed aid on Wednesday to the Pacific nation's remote islands and coastal villages devastated by a powerful cyclone that killed 42 people. The death toll has crept up in the days since Cyclone Winston struck Fiji late on Saturday as communication has gradually been restored with the outer reaches of the archipelago that is home to some 900,000 people. Thousands of people are still sheltering in evacuation centers, their...

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Climate change: Kiribati turns artificial islands to save nation from Atlantis fate

2016-02-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Business Times: Kiribati is hoping to build artificial islands in a bid of saving the low-lying nation from rising sea levels that look set to turn it into a modern-day Atlantis. President Anote Tong said they are seeking help from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) engineers to work out how they could feasibly create artificial islands to protect the country from future climate change. Kiribati has been on the forefront of climate-change discussions for a number of years. Comprised of 33 atolls and reef islands,...

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Ocean oases: How islands support more sea-life

2016-02-16 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: A 60 year-old theory to explain why seas surrounding islands and atolls are particularly productive has just been proven by a marine biologist from Bangor University's School of Ocean Science, working with a colleague at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Open ocean environments don't appear to host vast communities of life, however, approach a coral reef and you'll inevitably come across an abundance of life, from increased levels of plankton to bird and marine life....

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