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Study: Sea level rise could impact Wilmington in next few decades
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wway: Rising temperatures worldwide could soon lead to rising tides in and around the Port City. A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences says sea level is on the rise and unless we change the way we do things today there may not be a way to stop it. If the computer models are correct, the Wilmington riverfront could by underwater as soon as 2030. "The evidence is in our face," said Mike Giles of the NC Coastal Federeation. "What we're facing here in Wilmington is the loss of homes, business,...
The Rise of Rubber Takes Toll On Forests of Southwest China
2013-08-01 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In the 1960s, when Zhou Fabei moved to Xishuangbanna prefecture, a tropical corner of southwest Chinas Yunnan province, he quickly landed a job building roads for new rubber plantations. The timing of his move from the populous central province of Hunan couldnt have been better for him: Chinas post-revolutionary government had just started slashing forests and promoting rubber cultivation by state-run firms. By the 1980s, the government was offering incentives to the prefectures poor farmers...
Cost of Storm Damage Will Rise Sharply, Even without Climate Change
2013-08-01 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Extreme weather could cause four times as much economic loss in the U.S. by 2050 as it does today--without any increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes or lightning. That is because the population will be larger and richer and because more Americans are moving to the Eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast and other storm-ridden places. The frequency of natural hazards varies across the country (top), but nationwide, average annual losses from all of them over the past 50 years...
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Hess earnings rise on asset sales, higher prices
2013-08-01 04:21:39| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Oil exploration company Hess Corp. reported second-quarter net income more than doubled it sold its Russian subsidiary and got a lift from strong oil and gas selling prices even though production declined.
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Council parking income 'set to rise'
2013-07-31 18:02:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Ministers say a projected 30m rise in councils' parking income this year shows that charges need to be "reined in".
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