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Hotter climate could turn sea turtles all-girl
2014-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Sea turtles are likely to be beneficiaries of a warming climate as hotter incubation conditions trigger a rising share of female hatchlings that could lift natural rates of population growth, new research to be published in Nature Climate Change on Monday shows. But gains will be temporary if temperatures keep rising and nudge populations towards becoming all female, or exceed levels at which developing embryos die, the study found. It will be end of story without human intervention. ''There'll...
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US Cities Under 12 Feet Of Water: Rising Sea Levels Turn US Into Venetian Waterland Eventually
2014-05-18 13:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Times: New predictions forecast an even more dire rising of sea levels during the centuries ahead as parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet enter an "unstoppable" process of retreat. Photo courtesy of Suma, CC BY 2.0. A growing sense of the inevitability of global warming has become a bit of a parlor game for world citizens from New York City to the south of France, where rising sea levels will someday bury coastal human settlements. Drawing on data collected by climate researchers, Pittsburgh-based...
In taking Crimea, Putin gains a sea of fuel reserves
2014-05-18 07:45:32| Energy - Topix.net
When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also maritime territory more than three times its size with the rights to underwater resources potentially worth trillions of dollars.
Florida Ground Zero for sea level rise
2014-05-17 09:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Warm sunshine and sandy beaches make south Florida and its crown city, Miami, a haven for tourists, but the area is increasingly endangered by sea level rise, experts say. During a special Senate hearing held in Miami Beach, Senator Bill Nelson described south Florida as "Ground Zero" for climate change and its threats to coastal communities. The perils for Miami are particularly concerning because it has the most assets at stake in the world in terms of assets like homes, beachfront hotels and businesses,...
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New $1.1B sea wall protects New Orleans against major storms but may cultivate complacency
2014-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Looming 26 feet over the bayou, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier stands as a concrete and steel sentinel against the rising and heaving ocean. The 1.4-mile-long wall, also known as the IHNC barrier, protects vital commercial arteries and more than 350,000 people in New Orleans. An ambitious and expensive project built on soft soils and hard lessons, this Great Wall of Louisiana is a bulwark against once-in-a-century storms. The problem: After Hurricane Katrina drowned...
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