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United Kingdom: The desperate battle to save our coastline
2013-05-07 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The 95-mile Jurassic Coast between Poole Harbour in Dorset and the Exe estuary in Devon is an extreme example of geological exhibitionism. Among its many wonders are red and white cliffs, fossils galore, England's most elegant sea arch, offshore stacks and the delightfully symmetrical scoop of Lulworth Cove. They exist because this is a coast on the move, under continual attack from tide and tempest. Last week, a small part of it, at the base of a cliff on the edge of St Oswald's Bay, fractured...
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Erosion eats away land along 22 percent of Thai coastline
2013-03-20 08:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Thailand has lost 22 percent of its 2,600-km coastline - more than 12,600 hectares of land - over the past 30 years as a result of climate change and upstream dams, The Nation newspaper reported. The damage was caused by stronger and bigger waves triggered by climate change, as well as upstream dams that deposit less sediment at river-mouth areas, Thanawat Jarupongsakul, head of the Chulalongkorn University's unit for disaster and land information studies, told the newspaper. The Chao Phraya...