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Well, I'll Be Un-Dammed: Colorado River (Briefly) Reached The Sea
2014-07-12 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: For a few weeks this spring, the Colorado River flowed all the way to the sea for the first time in a half a century. And during that window of opportunity, writer Rowan Jacobsen took the paddleboarding trip of a lifetime. The river starts in the Rocky Mountains, and for more than 1,400 miles, it wends its way south. Along the way it's dammed and diverted dozens of times, to cities and fields all over the American West. Tens of millions of people depend on the river as a water source. By the...
Northeast Florida must prepare for rising sea levels
2014-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville is surrounded and bisected by water. So sea level rise ought to be raising concerns here. If tropical storms become stronger, the impacts could be severe. If flooding becomes more frequent, if rivers rise, the entire topography of Northeast Florida would be dramatically affected. Impacts of sea level rise can already be seen in Miami tides backing up into the streets, salt water intrusion in the water supplies. Of course, Miami, having been created out of low lying areas, is especially...
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Roxtec to Supply Deck Seals to North Sea Oilfield Redevelopment
2014-07-11 15:42:00| Offshore Technology
Cable and pipe seal manufacturer Roxtec has won a major contract to supply one of the largest and deepest oil sea developments in the North Sea.
With Sea Levels Rising, A Small Island Nation Buys A New Home
2014-07-11 08:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Company: Kiribati's escape plan is a Fijian island. Rich people like to buy property on tropical islands for privacy on vacation. For the people of the nation Kiribati, whose government recently announced that it purchased land on a Fiji island more than 1,200 miles away, the reasons are more dire. The property is an escape plan. Kiribati is a tiny island country with a population of 100,000 people in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It faces an existential crisis: Within a few decades, as sea levels...
Siemens Successfully Installs Third HVDC Platform in the North Sea for TenneT
2014-07-11 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Siemens successfully installs third HVDC platform in the North Sea for TenneT<br /> • Major milestone for German offshore grid expansion<br /> • Successive commissioning of first HVDC offshore grid connections planned between second half of 2014 and first half of 2015<br /> <br /> Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2. Working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT, Siemens has thus achieved a ...This story is related to the following:Electrical Equipment and SystemsSearch for suppliers of: Electrical Power Transmission Equipment
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