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Millions at risk as NASA warns of 3 foot sea rise
2015-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sky: The world is heading for a three-feet rise in sea level and NASA has warned it is too late to prevent it. Sea levels have risen about three inches since 1992 due to warmer temperatures and the burning of fossil fuels, but a further three feet would put millions of lives at risk. According to NASA, more than one-third of the human population - nearly 2.4bn people - lives within 100 km (60 miles) of an oceanic coast and low-lying capitals such as Dhaka in Bangladesh, with a population of 14 million...
Disappearing sea ice forces thousands walruses to haul out on coast of Alaska
2015-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: With the sea ice they depend on for hunting and habitat disappearing at the end of the Arctic melt season, thousands of walruses have once again hauled out onto the northwestern Alaskan shoreline near Point Lay, Alaska. The haul out was revealed by photographer Gary Braasch in photographs dated Aug. 23 and confirmed to Mashable by the U.S. Geological Survey. Such haul out events, which can be dangerous for walruses since they can be trampled to death when gathered so tightly together and scarce...
NASA scientists warn of accelerating sea level rise as ice sheets melt
2015-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: As the world's ice sheets melt in response to warming air and ocean temperatures, global sea level is increasing. This is already putting cities from New York to Shanghai at risk of almost routine flooding from even relatively minor storms. The question facing scientists and policy makers is how much sea level rise they need to plan for in the coming decades, and recent findings are concerning. On Wednesday, NASA scientists said they expect several feet of global sea level rise by the end of...
NASA teleconference on sea level change warns of rising oceans
2015-08-28 04:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmag: On Aug. 26, NASA held a media teleconference regarding current predictions on sea level rise, highlighting the risks to coastal populations in low-lying areas, and the inherent problems in creating reliable global models. A panel of experts from NASA's recently-founded Sea Level Change Team tells us that ocean levels are inexorably on the rise, but gaps in our understanding and ability to survey risk regions mean we don't know just how fast the change will take place. "People need to be prepared...
Shipping companies should focus more on maritime security in SEA, says MAST
2015-08-28 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Maritime security provider MAST has argued shipping companies to strengthen their approach to maritime security in South East Asia (SEA), in the wake of recent piracy attempts in the Singapore Straight.
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