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Measuring What Exactly Will Be Destroyed As New York's Sea Levels Rise
2016-06-10 05:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Exist: Sea level rise won't just mean the coasts are a little closer. It will require wholesale redesigning of our current coastal cities. Sea levels along New York's coastline have risen about one foot since 1900. By the end of this century, they're predicted to rise another one to seven feet, according to a 2014 New York State report. You can see what that means for the city of New York in these visualizations, which come from Landscape Metrics, a young Brooklyn-based design firm. "Sea level...
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Rainfall following drought linked to historic nitrate levels in Midwest streams in 2013
2016-06-08 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Drought periods followed by rainfall caused nitrate levels to increase to the highest ever measured in some Midwest streams during a 2013 study, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report published today in the Journal of Environmental Quality. Nitrate, a form of nitrogen, is a common pollutant in U.S. streams and groundwater. Excessive concentrations in streams and lakes can adversely affect biological communities and spur algal growth, which can lead to harmful algal blooms and deplete oxygen...
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A Tax On Rising Sea Levels Is Making Waves In The San Francisco Bay
2016-06-06 06:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast CoExist: A Tax On Rising Sea Levels Is Making Waves In The San Francisco Bay The regional tax would help all the communities around the Bay lower their risk of flooding by restoring wetlands. Can everyone work together to make it happen? Many cities are woefully unprepared for the rising disaster risk that comes with climate change and sea level rise--by 2050, the growing flood risk alone will threaten 1.3 billion people worldwide. Even cities that have the best intentions to prepare and adapt to these...
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France floods: third person dies as river levels begin to fall
2016-06-04 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A third person has died in France from the countrys worst flooding in decades, as the death toll across Europe reached at least 17 in a week. The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, did not give any details about the latest victim of the floods, which caused the river Seine in Paris to rise to 6.1 metres (20ft) overnight. A 74-year-old man and an 86-year-old woman were killed in flooding in France earlier this week, along with 11 people in Germany, two in Romania and one in Belgium. A further...
Renewable energy surges to record levels around the world
2016-06-01 15:08:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: New solar, wind and hydropower sources were added in 2015 at the fastest rate the world has yet seen, a study says. Investments in renewables during the year were more than double the amount spent on new coal and gas-fired power plants, the Renewables Global Status Report found. For the first time, emerging economies spent more than the rich on renewable power and fuels. Over 8 million people are now working in renewable energy worldwide. For a number of years, the global spend on renewables...
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