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Coastal New Hampshire braces for rising seas
2013-08-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seacoast Online: The coastal communities of New Castle, Rye and North Hampton all face significant repercussions in coming years from rising sea levels and increasing storm surges. It's a threat very much on the minds of town officials, who are beginning to plan for the future. All three "are in the process right now of starting to evaluate their resources" and are discussing incorporating rising ocean waters and storm surge into their planning, said Dylan Smith of the Rockingham Planning Commission. Each faces...
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Rising seas
2013-08-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States last October 29, it had mauled several countries in the Caribbean and left dozens dead. Faced with the largest storm ever spawned over the Atlantic, New York and other cities ordered mandatory evacuations of low-lying areas. Not everyone complied. Those who chose to ride out Sandy got a preview of the future, in which a warmer world will lead to inexorably rising seas. Brandon dLeo, a 43-year-old sculptor and surfer,...
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Nations fail again to agree protection for Antarctic seas
2013-07-16 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Proposals to create vast marine sanctuaries to protect Antarctic wildlife from fishing and other human activity failed on Tuesday due to opposition from Russia, environmental observers said. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), a 25-member inter-governmental body, was considering two proposals to designate large tracts of ocean off-limits for almost all activities aside from scientific exploration. However, at a meeting of the organization, Russia,...
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Seas may rise 10 yards during centuries ahead
2013-07-15 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Sea-level rise is currently measured in millimeters per year, but longer-term effects of global warming are going to force our descendants to measure sea-level rise in meters or yards. Each Celsius degree of global warming is expected to raise sea levels during the centuries ahead by 2.3 meters, or 2.5 yards, according to a study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The world is currently trying (and failing) to reach an agreement that would limit global warming...
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Seas rise 2.3m per degree of global warming
2013-07-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Health24: Sea levels could rise by 2.3 metres for each degree Celsius that global temperatures increase and they will remain high for centuries to come, according to a new study by the leading climate research institute. Anders Levermann said his study for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research was the first to examine evidence from climate history and combine it with computer simulations of contributing factors to long-term sea-level increases: thermal expansion of oceans, the melting of mountain...
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