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Extreme weather and Resilience of coastal communities in United States
2013-02-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Hurricane Sandy was a fearsome reminder that coastal communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and environmental variability, and that vulnerability is only expected to increase with climate change. Brown University scientists Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen, members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions, will discuss these challenges this month at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement...
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Blizzard of 2013 Brings Another Threat: Coastal Flooding
2013-02-08 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: While the blizzard bearing down on New England has understandbly brought national attention to what could be record snowfall, the storm brings another dangerous threat to the region: coastal flooding. The blizzard of 2013 may cause major coastal flooding along the Massachusetts coastline from a storm surge as high as 5 feet and waves greater than 30 feet tall. The storm also arrives just days after a report warned of the region's growing vulnerability to such storm-surge events. The report, by...
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Restoration of Coastal Dunes
2013-02-08 10:32:24| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
series:Springer Series on Environmental ManagementThe continuously growing human population along the worlds coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and ...
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B.C.'s Coastal First Nations Walk Away from Northern Gateway Review Process
2013-02-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Coastal First Nations have left the federal review of the Northern Gateway pipeline plan, saying they've run out of money and patience. Executive director Art Sterritt has told the panel the group representing nine aboriginal bands from the B.C. coast and Haida Gwaii has spent more than three times the amount of funding allotted by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency four years ago. Sterritt said the approximately $280,000 they had cannot compare to the $250 million Enbridge (TSX:ENB)...
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Coastal Contacts Delisted From Stockholm Exchange
2013-01-14 06:23:10| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Coastal Contacts Inc. has requested a delisting of the company's shares from NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB, which has approved the application and decided to delist the shares of Coastal Contacts Inc.
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