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Marshall Islands: Rising Sea Disturbs the Dead, Threatens Islands

2014-06-07 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: A World War II gravesite has been flooded by rising seas levels around the Marshall Islands, washing away the bodies of 26 fallen soldiers. This served as a macabre warning of the threat climate change posses to all small island chains, according to a recent United Nations Report. "These last spring tides in February to April this year have caused not just inundation and flooding of communities but have also undermined regular land, so that even the dead are affected," said foreign minister Tony...

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Small islands, beacons for the rest of the world

2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Facing potential extinction under rising sea levels, many small island nations are embracing renewable energy and trying to green their economies. Although the least responsible for carbon emissions, small countries like Barbados are on the front lines of climate impacts. "Small island nations' voices have to be heard by the rest of the world," said Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). "Many will undergo fundamental changes. Some will lose 60...

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26/06/2014 - BIFM Channel Islands' Branch - Jersey event - Compliance

2014-06-03 17:07:08| BIFM Events

Lunchtime seminar talks on Legionella and Fire Safety at this event on Compliance.

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Vancouver Island's glaciers will disappear in 25 years, scientist says

2014-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Province: All Vancouver Island glaciers, including the iconic Comox glacier, will be gone within 25 years due to climate change, says University of Victoria geography professor Dan Smith. There are not many glaciers left, Smith said Wednesday. In the 1970s, they did an inventory on Vancouver Island and they counted about 170 glaciers, and Id say there are five of what you could call glaciers left. Comox glacier at a square kilometre is the largest, but compared with others in the Rockies, is...

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