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Coastal erosion washes away beaches, threatens tourism in Senegal
2015-12-10 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European winter is the high season for tourism in Senegal as visitors flock to its sea and sun to escape the cold, yet since last year the doors of the luxury Hotel Espadon have been closed. Its swimming pool has turned a swampy green. The skeletons of old parasols poke out from the sand and the sea gnaws at the foundations of its pretty beachfront rooms. The problem is not high prices or mismanagement but coastal erosion that is blighting the West African country's coast. The Atlantic...
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Measuring Coastal Slope Movements from the Air
2015-12-04 11:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Carlos Gonzales from 3D Laser Mapping will explore the capabilities of combining airborne laser scanning and photography as an approach to measure coastal slope movements, during his talk at MMT in Sydney, Australia. (9-11th December, 2015) Successful measurement of coastal areas is crucial to...
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Report: Miami could lose billions from coastal flooding by 2050
2015-11-24 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Miami Herald: When the floodwaters rise, they could take billions of dollars worth of South Florida real estate with them. No region in the U.S. is more vulnerable to the threat of coastal flooding than the Miami metro area, according to a new report from commercial brokerage CBRE. About $366 billion worth of real estate would be exposed to a worst-case scenario 100-year flood in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, the report found. The greater New York area has $237 billion worth of real estate at...
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How coastal real estate is being impacted by climate change
2015-11-14 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: The calm ocean view seems to lull Todd Putney into a trance as gentle waves wash over his feet and a rising tide slowly consumes his fold-up chair. Its a hypnotizing sight, one of the reasons Putney decided last year to purchase a beachfront property here. Interest rates were low, prices were reasonable. The timing was right. I always wanted a beach house, said Putney. At my age, I figured I couldnt find a better opportunity. Yet the oceans powerful allure masks a reality that has...
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Climate Change Threatens 55 Million in India's Coastal Areas: Report
2015-11-09 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Climate change threatens nearly 55 million people in India's coastal areas. This could lock in enough rise of sea level to submerge land currently home to more than half a billion people globally if the temperature spikes by four degrees Celsius, which is humanity's current trajectory, according to a new report. The report published yesterday in Climate Central, a US-based non-profit research and journalism organisation also warned that the increase in temperature could submerge a whopping 145...
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