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Would you pay $366,000 for 297 square feet?
2015-07-17 10:18:27| Chemicals - Topix.net
For Maggie Crowley, investing in a 297-square-foot studio on Marlborough Street was well worth the $366,000 she paid for it. According to The Boston Globe , the 30-year-old business development officer said she couldn't afford to buy anything larger in the city.
Global Climate Change: 20 Feet Underwater Optimistic Forecast
2015-07-11 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clapway: The future is dark, and the future is wet, says a new paper from the journal Science. Although it forecasts a thirty-five year wait for really heavy climate change, the paper claims that in this time, the sea levels can be expected to rise by at least 20 feet. To make matters bleaker, this is a best-case scenario forecast, i.e. the twenty feet is an optimistic minimum assuming we manage can manage, as a global society, to hold the global temperature at 2 degrees Celsius higher. Many, however, believe...
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Coastal Nations, Megacities Face 20 Feet of Sea Rise
2015-07-09 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: If, as suggested by a comprehensive new review in the journal Science, 2°C of global warming will lock in at least 20 feet (6 meters) of eventual sea level rise, what would 2°C of warming (3.6°F) mean for the future and heritage of global nations and cities? It would mean a world we don't recognize, one losing more than 444,000 square miles of land, where more than 375 million people live today. China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is home to by far the largest share of those...
Major midwest flood risk underestimated by as much as five feet, study finds
2015-06-30 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: As floodwaters surge along major rivers in the midwestern United States, a new study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests federal agencies are underestimating historic 100-year flood levels on these rivers by as much as five feet, a miscalculation that has serious implications for future flood risks, flood insurance and business development in an expanding floodplain. "This analysis shows that average high-water marks on these river systems are rising about an inch per year -- that's...
Stan's Fit For Your Feet Named One of the Top Footwear Stores In America
2015-06-27 01:08:39| Footwear - Topix.net
Stan's Fit For Your Feet with locations in Brookfield, Glendale and Greenfield, recently received a Gold Medal Service Award by Footwear Insight, the leading footwear industry magazine in the country. The award recognizes and rewards the most outstanding independent shoe stores that offer the best customer service, based on a mystery shopping evaluation of 100 stores across the nation that took place by Franklin Retail Solutions, one of the top retail merchandising companies in the U.S. The judges rated the shopping experience using 20 criteria developed by some of the top independent retailers in the country.
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