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New Tide Gauge Measures Sea Level Change Using GPS Signals
2014-05-22 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A new way of measuring sea level using satellite navigation system signals, for instance GPS, has been implemented by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Sea level and its variation can easily be monitored using existing coastal GPS stations, the scientists have shown. ?Measuring sea level is an increasingly important part of climate research, and a rising mean sea level is one of the most tangible consequences of climate change. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology...
Sea change Naval development in China Seas
2014-02-04 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas and an impetus to defend strategic access points have driven naval fleets in the region to invest in advanced vessels, notably submarines. While joint drills help improve communication and underst
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Sea Change: Acidification fight faces political hurdles
2014-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: When U.S. Rep. Brian Baird tried a few years ago to get his colleagues to put more money toward ocean-acidification research, few even understood the issue. One congressman, Baird said, confused souring seas with acid rain, and asked, "Didn`t we deal with that 20 years ago?" The corrosion of the oceans by carbon-dioxide emissions has barely made a ripple among Washington, D.C.`s power brokers. Little money gets earmarked for research. Ocean change has inspired few stabs at curbing CO2. In...
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Indonesia: Sea Change: Food for millions at risk
2013-12-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: He sat shirtless on his thin bamboo floor in a home built on posts rising out of the Banda Sea. Tadi had just returned in his dugout canoe from scanning crevices in a nearby reef for octopus. He and his neighbors spend every day this way - scouring the ocean for something to eat or sell. Fishing, here, is about survival. Their stilt village has no industry, no land, no running water. They dive without oxygen, wearing hand-carved wooden goggles, and carry spear guns hacked from logs with their...
UN Climate Change Report: Sea Level, Air Temperature To Rise
2013-09-27 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its latest assessment today. This is the fifth since 1990. The reports project the rate of global warming, sea level rise and other expected effects that result largely from our use of fossil fuels, which puts billions of additional tons of carbon dioxide into the air every year.