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San Francisco waterfront development must prepare for rising seas
2014-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chronicle: Now that San Francisco voters have said they want final say on waterfront development, we'll see if they have the courage and smarts to tackle the real job at hand - facing up to the need to deal with rising sea levels. That means moving beyond the fixation on height that has been a political organizing tool here for decades, and focusing instead on how development can be used to help San Francisco adapt to environmental pressures unlike any that have come before. The long-range view was absent...
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Seas Rise, Fla. GOP Leaders Balk at Climate Change
2014-06-07 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: On a recent afternoon, Scott McKenzie watched torrential rains and a murky tide swallow the street outside his dog-grooming salon. Within minutes, much of this stretch of chic South Beach was flooded ankle-deep in a fetid mix of rain and sea. "Welcome to the new Venice," McKenzie joked as salt water surged from the sewers. There are few places in the nation more vulnerable to rising sea levels than low-lying South Florida, a tourist and retirement mecca built on drained swampland. Yet as other...
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Rising seas uncover Pacific war dead
2014-06-07 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Rising sea levels have disturbed the skeletons of soldiers killed on the Marshall Islands during World War Two. Speaking at UN climate talks in Bonn, the Island's foreign minister said that high tides had exposed one grave with 26 dead. The minister said the bones were most likely those of Japanese troops. Driven by global warming, waters in this part of the Pacific have risen faster than the global average. With a high point just two metres above the waters, the Marshall Islands are...
Rising seas threaten Delaware coastal areas
2014-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Delaware Online: Along Prime Hook Beach, one of Delaware's most flood-threatened spots, longtime resident James A. Joyce Jr. said he pays attention to hurricane hazards, but worries more often about winter northeast storms. "I've been here 18 years now and we've been fortunate so far," Joyce said. "None of the hurricanes have really hit us hard. But hurricanes are always bad for somebody, and eventually our luck is going to run out." For Delaware's coastal residents, all storms be it a fast moving but highly...
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Three Long Views of Life With Rising Seas
2014-05-14 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Dot Earth - New York Times blog future Three Long Views of Life With Rising Seas By ANDREW C. REVKIN May 14, 2014, 8:20 am A design for a coastal city that grows much of its own food, created by DeltaSync, a Dutch firm focused on "water-based urban development."DeltaSyncA design for a coastal city that grows much of its own food, created by DeltaSync, a Dutch firm focused on water-based urban development. After finishing my post on the inevitability of substantial long-term sea-level rise from...
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