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Bombay duck: iconic fish fast disappearing from city's coastal waters
2013-03-22 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Bombay duck, or bombil as it is called locally, is one of Mumbai's polarising culinary experiences. This charmingly misnamed delicacy is actually a fish, whose pungent odour is part of that special love-it-or-hate it-Mumbai smell. It got its name in the days of the Raj, from being transported on an iconic train, the Bombay Daak, daak being the Hindi word for mail. The term was then bastardised to duck, which stuck. Now the fish is rapidly disappearing from the city's coastal waters, driven away...
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Researchers devise hidden dune filters to treat coastal stormwater runoff
2013-03-20 03:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: When it rains, untreated stormwater can sweep pollutants into coastal waters, potentially endangering public health. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have developed low-cost filtration systems that are concealed beneath sand dunes and filter out most of the bacteria that can lead to beach closures. "It was not economically feasible to use a tract of beachfront property to treat stormwater. Instead, we were able to devise a system that could be installed in an area that was...
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Coastal communities need plans for warmer world
2013-03-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Poughkeepsie Journal: On March 6, the National Climate Seminar hosted a conversation on After Sandy, Whats Next? with Brenda Ekwurzel, a climate scientist and assistant director of climate research and analysis at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Using Hurricane Sandy as a case study, Ekwurzel explained how coastal communities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the combined effects of both sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Ekwurzel also explained the possible solutions that coastal communities can...
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Snowquester Threatens To Cause Major Coastal Flooding
2013-03-06 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: An intensifying coastal storm, nicknamed "Snowquester," was plastering the Mid-Atlantic states with 1-to-2 feet of heavy, cement-like snow on Wednesday, and is forecast to crawl northeastward, bringing the threat of multiple rounds of coastal flooding to an already vulnerable New Jersey shore and coastal New England, along with rain and snow. While the prospect of heavy snow in places like Washington, D.C. and New York City has garnered most of the headlines, coastal flooding may end up having...
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United States: Climate change a concern, not a priority to coastal leaders, survey finds
2013-02-20 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Many Oregon coast public officials and community leaders believe their local climate is changing and that the change will affect their communities. But overall, they say, addressing the changing climate is not an urgent concern. These are among the findings of a survey by Oregon Sea Grant at Oregon State University. During 2012, Sea Grant surveyed coastal professionals such as city managers and planners, elected officials such as city council members and county commissioners, and other leaders...
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