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Salinity may ruin vast tract of arable coastal land
2014-05-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dhaka Tribune: Environmentalists have warned that vast stretches of coastal arable land in Bangladesh may become barren because of an alarming rise in salinitydue toa climate change-triggered rise in sea level. Researchers say none of the existing varieties of salinity-tolerant rice can stand the level of salinity that has affected some of the coastal districts. In fact, the best salinity-tolerant variety that could be developed was nowhere near the level already reached, scientists said. Bangladesh Rice...
Tree species choices critical to effective coastal bioshields
2014-04-16 08:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Injudicious site and species selection while planting 'bioshields' -- plantations that protect coastlines against natural disasters -- could be ecologically damaging in the long term, a study warns. Catastrophic cyclones and a devastating tsunami over the last decade have prompted the planting of bioshields, but whether they actually work to protect the coastline remains unanswered, the study published online in February in Acta Oecologica says. Bioshields range from pristine ecosystems of...
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Coastal Conservancy Recommends 13 Projects For MTC-ABAG Priority Conservation Area Grants
2014-04-14 07:38:09| publicworks Home Page
The State Coastal Conservancy recently recommended 13 Bay Area resource protection and public access projects to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for inclusion in the pilot Priority Conservation Area Grant Program established in 2012 by MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments
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Coastal Contacts Sets New 52-Week High at $11.38
2014-04-09 08:59:20| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Coastal Contacts 's share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday , AmericanBankingNews.com reports.
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US Navy demonstrates GMS capability aboard coastal patrol ships
2014-04-04 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The US Navy has successfully test-launched four Griffin missiles from its flotilla of coastal patrol (PC) ships.
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