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Lowcountry bracing for flooding
2015-10-03 14:36:36| Grocery - Topix.net
People in the Lowcountry are bracing themselves for the weekend washout. Many people went to grocery stores to stock up on the essentials as they plan to stay inside for the weekend.
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National climate pledges are flooding in now for the hard part
2015-10-01 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Its national climate pledge deadline day. Contributions are flooding in towards a global pact to be struck in Paris this December. They follow hot on the heels of New York Climate Week, another US-China agreement and world leaders agreeing on key elements of a deal. After a frenetic couple of weeks, where does international cooperation on global warming stand? Strong participation Of the 195 countries that need to reach agreement in Paris, more than two thirds had put forward their pledges...
Rising Seas and More Intense Storms Likely to Cause Major Flooding Events
2015-09-21 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Rising seas and increasingly frequent and intense storms along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts could interact to produce alarming spikes in the extent and duration of floods, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change. The study projects that coastal flooding could possibly shoot up several hundred-fold by 2100, from the Northeast to Texas. Even the study's most conservative calculations, based on greatly reduced greenhouse gas emissions over the next 85 years, suggest a 4- to 75-fold...
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Flooding Fields in Winter May Help California Water Woes, Study Suggests
2015-09-11 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Deliberately flooding California farmland in winter could replenish aquifers without harming crops or affecting drinking water, according to early results from a study by University of California, Davis, researchers. Winter months, when crops are dormant, typically see more precipitation than summer months, when crops are actively growing and farmers rely on groundwater reserves for irrigation. Several water districts have attempted to sequester excess surface water during storms and floods by diverting...
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Livestock Farmers Suffer After Monsoon Flooding in Myanmar
2015-09-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
MYANMAR - Heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding in Myanmar, adversely affecting livestock and fish farmers in the region, according to a report from the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.
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