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30-year sea-level rise will vary along North Carolina coast, scientists say
2015-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Observer: A new scientific report warns that the sea is rising at widely varying rates along the North Carolina shore -- ranging by 2045 from a possible low of 4 inches at Southport to as much as 12.1 inches on the northern Outer Banks. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission requested the 30-year forecast, released Wednesday in draft form, after the General Assembly rejected a 2010 report and ordered a moratorium on new regulations and plans related to sea-level rise. North Carolina becomes the first...
No Doubt It's Climate-Change Drought, Scientists Say
2015-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: It was raining in San Francisco on the damp December morning that three scientists gathered at the offices of Climate Nexus to hold a press conference about the drought. It had been raining regularly for more than a week, in fact, and Stanford University had just recorded its rainiest day ever on campus. These three drought experts had gathered to swim upstream against all that rain and evaporate any false optimism it might be washing into California. Im happy to be here and see some rain here...
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US NRL scientists test TREC system on Norwegian Sky ship
2014-12-23 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Scientists from the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Mercury Continuity (MC) have tested the tactical reachback extended communications (TREC) system in the Port of Miami, US.
Scientists report rare sightings tropical species off West Coast
2014-12-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OPB: Scientists surveying whales and dolphins on the West Coast have discovered unusual species of birds and marine mammals far north of their normal ranges. Experts say fish and wildlife are being drawn northward by unusually warm ocean water. Every few years, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration take a head count of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the ocean off California, Oregon and Washington. Survey Leader Jay Barlow says this year`s team returned from the four-month...
Scientists prepare to issue sea-level rise forecasts for North Carolina coastline
2014-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charlotte Observer: North Carolina scientists mapping future sea-level rise will have their last public meeting Monday before the group issues its much-anticipated projections this month to prepare coastal residents for increased flooding and more violent storm surges. The science panels report will be the first of its kind in the nation. Rather than providing a single sea-level rise forecast for the states entire coastline, the scientists will issue separate projections for four different geographic zones within...
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