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Rising Sea Levels – The New Reality
Water may be flowing from the Greenland icecap and into the sea more quickly than anybody expected. It doesn’t mean that global warming has got conspicuously worse: rather, researchers have had to revise their understanding of the intricate physiology of the northern hemisphere’s biggest icecap. Climate calculations Since the icecap is melting as the atmospheric levels of the ...
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We will need to adapt to rising sea levels
“The good news is that a recent concentration of science resources is improving our insight into ocean and ice dynamics, and scientific measurement of the rate of sea-level rise,” says the book’s lead editor, CSIRO Fellow and oceanographer Dr John Church. “The way the world responds to climate change will become increasingly reliant on a sophisticated integrated ...
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Glass Flood Barriers for Shoreham Unveiled
The Environment Agency has officially opened over 7 kilometres of new river and sea defences in the coastal town of Shoreham, helping to keep the community safe from flooding from storms and rising sea levels. Flood Control International's 450m of glass flood barriers provide the frontispiece for this high profile ...
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Rising sea levels threaten islanders with displacement
A significant rise in sea levels due to global warming could result in the loss of species and habitats in the coastal areas of more than a thousand islands in South-East Asia and the Pacific region, leading to the potential displacement of many millions of people, according to a study. "Sea level rise will lead to the permanent inundation and erosion of coastal areas," said Florian Wetzel, team ...
By SciDev.Net
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EHS&S news from around the web, July 2016
The Job Accomodation Network is a great resource to learn about workplace disability accomodations. PRI looks at Rotterdam as a great example of how to deal with rising sea levels. Bloomberg BNA reports on the rising death toll in US workplaces. The LA Times has encouraging news on the imapct of water conservation on greenhouse gas levels. And check out our own feature on heat safety, and ...
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Well-managed mangroves `can survive rising sea levels`
The prevailing idea that sea-level rise will inevitably wipe out mangrove forests — fragile ecosystems that protect nearby communities from natural hazards such as floods and storms — is challenged by a recent report. Mangroves in some areas will be able to survive climate change-induced sea-level rise as they can slowly increase the level of soil in which they thrive, but only if ...
By SciDev.Net
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Climate meltdown? MEPs set to discuss water and global warming
Increasing scarcity of water for drinking and agriculture and the effect of rising sea levels on islands and coastal areas are just two of the likely impacts of climate change in the coming years. This is according to a UN report released on World Environment day last year. On Tuesday afternoon, MEPs scientists and climate experts will look at these and other questions related to the impact of ...
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Sustainability packaged effectively - a blog by Andrea Learned
Sustainability Packaged Effectively I don’t often post quick links, but this article in the U.K.’s Daily Mail spoke to me of my latest obsession – sustainability hidden in plain sight. Except this time, it is sustainability packaged in a way that will resonate with a lot of previous naysayers. If greed and the U.S. Navy won’t convince people about climate change, nothing ...
By 3BL Media
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Sea levels to rise by one metre in the next 100 years?
Rising sea levels will have dramatic consequences for many coastal areas around the world. A new study suggests that over the next 100 years, sea levels could rise to a metre higher than current levels, a rate faster than at any time during the past 2000 years. The rise predicted by this study is three times higher than the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)1. In ...
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Rising sea levels threaten Ghana`s coastal communities
Ghana will experience increased flooding brought on by rising sea levels caused by global warming, a modelling study has predicted. The study, published in Remote Sensing last month (7 September), says that about 650,000 people and almost 1,000 buildings in the three communities in the Dansoman area of Accra will be vulnerable to permanent flooding by 2100, as the shoreline recedes by more than ...
By SciDev.Net
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EPA releases report on sea level rise
The US Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with other agencies, has released a report that discusses the impacts of sea level rise on the coast, coastal communities, and the habitats and species that depend on them. The report, Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region, examines multiple opportunities for governments and coastal communities to plan ...
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BBA Pumps Introduces the New 700 mm - Ultra High Flow Pump
It represents a manufacturing milestone of which we are extremely proud. With a pumping capacity of 130 m3/min (7800 m3/hour), this giant is the largest mobile pump produced in the history of BBA Pumps. In addition to the pump performance, the development phase saw a great focus towards mobility. The canopy and drives are created with an optimal balance between the output, fuel consumption and ...
By BBA Pumps BV
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Tropical nations to see above average sea-level rises
Coastal areas in the tropics may see some of the largest sea-level rises due to take place this century because of climate change, according to a study. This would particularly affect the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, which include many small island states, such as the Maldives, and vulnerable coastal deltas, including the Bay of Bengal. The findings may help analyse the impacts of climate ...
By SciDev.Net
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0.3% of GDP Would Protect East Asia from Climate Change - ADB Report
About 12 million people in 23 East Asian cities are at risk from rising sea levels, severe storms, and more intense drought caused by climate change that could jeopardize $864 billion in assets, a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warns. Economics of Climate Change in East Asia notes that while climate adaptation investments can be large, the aggregate cost to protect the most ...
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Researchers say sea levels rising faster than predicted
Rises in sea levels during the coming decades could be much higher than previously believed, say experts. A new report by a consortium of scientists from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, and research centres in Germany and the US says that sea levels rose by an average of 1.6 m every hundred years when the Earth was last as warm as it is predicted to be by the end of the ...
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Complexity of glacier ice loss captured in new estimates of sea level rise
Greenland’s four major glaciers could contribute 19 to 30 mm to sea level rise by 2200, according to a new study. The researchers developed a sophisticated model which provides new insight into the effects of climate change on Greenland’s glaciers, by capturing the complex processes involved in their movement and melt. Ice loss from Greenland’s Ice Sheet has been increasing ...
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Coastal cities at risk from rapid sea-level rise with warming above two degree
The first predications of coastal sea level with warming of two degrees by 2040 show an average rate of increase three times higher than the 20th century rate of sea level rise. These predictions have been published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS) by National Oceanography Centre (NOC) scientists. According to this research, by ...
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Mangroves can cope with sea level rise by increasing soil height
A new report by The Nature Conservancy and Wetlands International shows that mangroves can adapt to rising sea levels by building up soils in some locations, allaying fears that mangroves may be lost as sea levels rise. This is important because mangroves provide risk reduction services against coastal hazards such as waves and storm surges. Mangroves can protect human lives and property by ...
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Getting to grips with Greenland`s ice loss
Ice loss in Greenland is causing global sea levels to rise by half a millimetre a year, according to new research by Dutch and American scientists. While this doesn't sound like much, the researchers warn that the rate of ice loss appears to be increasing sharply, and in 2007 large amounts of ice were lost from high altitudes (above 2 000 metres) for the first time. The findings are published in ...
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Antarctica could raise sea level faster than previously thought
Ice discharge from Antarctica could contribute up to 37 centimeters to the global sea level rise within this century, a new study shows. For the first time, an international team of scientists provide a comprehensive estimate on the full range of Antarctica’s potential contribution to global sea level rise based on physical computer simulations. Led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
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