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USS John Finn Arleigh Burke destroyer completes initial sea trials

2016-09-06 01:00:00| Naval Technology

The US Navys first Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight IIA restart destroyer, the USS John Finn (DDG 113), has successfully completed the initial builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Sea level rise is here and threatens the US naval bases around the world

2016-09-04 18:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through. Five hundred miles down the Atlantic Coast, the only road to Tybee Island, Ga., is disappearing beneath the sea several times a year, cutting the town off from the mainland. And another 500 miles on, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., increased tidal flooding is forcing the city to spend millions fixing battered roads and...

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Future of shoreline depends on how LI confronts rising sea level

2016-09-04 05:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Newsday: Long Island is changing, nowhere more so than on our coastline. Water and wind continue to sculpt our land. We have not always responded well. We pump sand onto our beaches, watch it wash away, then pump sand again. We build too close to the waters edge, despair when the sea rushes in, then build again. We protect one part of our shoreline with bulkheads and groins, see how that damages other parts of the shore, then remake those very same structures when they weaken. That became imperative...

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Stranded at sea

2016-09-01 15:23:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

With South Korea's biggest shipping company filing for bankruptcy protection, the vessels, sailors and cargo of Hanjin are stuck in limbo looking at weeks or months stranded at sea.

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