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Rain, storm surge combine to put US coasts at risk
2015-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians thought they knew what areas were susceptible to flooding during a storm. So when Hurricane Isaac, a much weaker storm than Katrina, bore down on the city in 2012, those who live to the west of Lake Pontchartrain weren't worried, as they had been spared the raging waters that inundated so much of the city during Katrina. As Hurricane Isaac dumped rain on the greater New Orleans area, the storm created a surge on Lake Pontchartrain that...
Scientists Baffled Over Unprecedented Warming Ocean Off Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
2015-06-28 17:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Oceanographers are puzzled by an accelerated burst of warming sea that threatens the fisheries of the American Atlantic coast. Meanwhile, off the U.S. West coast, scientists report that they have been baffled by a mysterious blob of water up to 4°C warmer than the surrounding Pacific, linked to weird weather across the entire country. Jacob Forsyth and research colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts report in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans...
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Maps Depict China's Coasts Under Dramatic Sea Level Rise
2015-05-19 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Roughly 43 percent of China's population lives near the coast a region that is expected to experience dramatically rising sea levels if global warming continues along its current trajectory. What will China's coast look like far in the future if polar ice sheets and glaciers undergo extensive melting? Cartographer Jeffrey Linn has used projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to depict the impact of a 200-foot rise in global sea level. In this map, he shows the potential...
GE Announces Programs For Intelligent Cities On Both U.S. Coasts As It Pilots New Connected LED Solution
2015-05-05 03:28:17| publicworks Home Page
Cities on both U.S. coasts will soon begin piloting new GE technology designed to help them become more intelligent and efficient
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New Study: Tar Sands To Skyrocket West Coast's Climate And Air Pollution
2015-05-04 04:06:58| pollutiononline News Articles
The Pacific coast faces a looming health, climate, and environmental crisis posed by an influx of tar sands fuel from oil interests inAlberta, Canada, according to new analysis released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), NextGen Climate America, ForestEthics, and a coalition of 27 partner organizations