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New York City hopes a 10-foot wall can save it from rising seas
2016-07-06 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: New York City is in trouble. Location, population, and a massive underground infrastructure system: All this makes New York especially vulnerable to climate change. This was most starkly felt in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, when more than 88,000 buildings flooded, 250,000 vehicles were destroyed, and 44 people were killed. It`s cost $60 billion to rebuild damaged areas, much of which is being paid for by the federal government. In an effort to stave off another Sandy, the city is prepared...
Clean Seas partners with Beston Global Food Company to tap Asian markets
2016-07-05 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Clean Seas Tuna Limited has partnered with Beston Global Food Company for the distribution of fresh and frozen kingfish in the markets of Hong Kong, China and South Korea.
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Kiribati: Remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas
2016-07-03 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: Scientists point to slew of environmental problems linked to climate change for the perilous state. One clear bright day last winter, a tidal surge swept over an ocean embankment here in the remote, low-lying island country of Kiribati, smashing through the doors and windows of Betio Hospital and spewing sand and debris across its maternity ward. Beero Hosea, 37, a handyman, cut the power and helped carry frightened mothers through the rubble and water to a nearby school. For years, scientists...
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A Remote Pacific Nation, Threatened by Rising Seas
2016-07-03 07:05:50| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: One clear bright day last winter, a tidal surge swept over an ocean embankment here in the remote, low-lying island country of Kiribati, smashing through the doors and windows of Betio Hospital and spewing sand and debris across its maternity ward. Beero Hosea, 37, a handyman, cut the power and helped carry frightened mothers through the rubble and water to a nearby school. If the next one is combined with a storm and stronger winds, thats the end of us, he said. Its going to cover this whole...
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Marshall Islands: Seas Rising Faster Than Refugee Law Can Adapt
2016-07-02 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Deeply: Sandbags surround the Majuro airstrip while hurriedly-built bridges span flooded sections of road, and many Marshall Islanders have built seawalls to protect their homes on this remote nation in the Pacific Ocean. The Marshall Islands are made up of five main islands and 29 coral atolls spread across three-quarters of a million miles of ocean, but they amount to just 70 square miles of actual land. And even that is now at the mercy of the seas, which are rising thanks to climate change. The...
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