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Understanding risk essential at time of climate change and rising tide of claims
2013-02-13 01:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: It is more than six years since Hugh McElvaney, leader of the Fine Gael group on Monaghan County Council, was told that land proposed for rezoning outside Ballybay was located in a floodplain, and he responded by suggesting that houses could be "built on stilts". Now the policy is that development in areas with a high probability of flooding "should be avoided and/or only considered in exceptional circumstances, such as in city and town centres" or essential infrastructure that cannot be be located...
Sustainable Water Management: The Tide is Turning
2013-02-04 16:53:56| Chemical Processing
Chemical makers increasingly focus on water-related risks and opportunities
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water
turning
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Tide Dry Cleaners Opens in St. Louis
2013-01-23 15:29:00| Happi Breaking News
Offshoot of popular P&G laundry care products.
How high could the tide go?
2013-01-22 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A scruffy crew of scientists barreled down a dirt road, their two-car caravan kicking up dust. After searching all day for ancient beaches miles inland from the modern shoreline, they were about to give up. Suddenly, the lead car screeched to a halt. Paul J. Hearty, a geologist from North Carolina, leapt out and seized a white object on the side of the road: a fossilized seashell. He beamed. In minutes, the team had collected dozens more. Using satellite gear, they determined they were seven miles...
United Kingdom: Sad to see the tide turn against the otter
2013-01-20 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: I love otters. I recall my father's excitement at seeing one glistening on a rock beside the sea on the west coast of Scotland in the summer of 1982. When I lived in a cottage beside the river Usk in my 30s, I used to rise before dawn in the hope of glimpsing the resident otter bitch teaching her pups to fish. Even now, I still get a thrill stumbling across a fish carcass, the debris of an otter's dinner, rotting on a riverbank. I was surprised to learn recently that otters are now so numerous...
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