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Rising seas in southern Caribbean offer dark preview of future amid climate change
2013-05-07 13:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Rising sea levels are threatening tens of thousands of people living near the coastline in the Caribbean, especially in southern island of Grenada. The old coastal road in the fishing village of Telescope sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. People here say they have been watching the sea eat away at their shoreline in recent decades, a result...
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Australia: Shorebirds Could Be Displaced Due To Rising Sea Levels
2013-05-07 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: As climate scientists continue to sound warnings about how the impending sea level rise will impact coastal cities, a group of Australian researchers has found that shorebirds could be feeling squeezed even more than humans. According to the research teams report in the Proceedings of The Royal Society B (RSPB), a 23 to 40 percent loss of shorebirds main feeding grounds could lead to a 70 percent decline in their population. Each year, millions of shorebirds stop at coastal wetlands to rest...
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3 Cities Where Unemployment Is Rising and 3 With Big Job Gains
2013-05-05 18:09:15| Air Courier - Topix.net
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NPD: Rising Tide for Streaming Media Players
2013-05-01 17:34:11| PC Magazine HDTVs Product Guide
U.S. consumers are using the online capabilities of their home entertainment devices more than ever, but Blu-ray players are slowly giving way to devices like Apple TV and Roku.
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Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast
2013-04-29 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky. "When you go into the field, you really see a lot of trees dying. That's the first thing that catches your eye," said Alex Chow, who teaches...
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