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PGMA inspects two barangay infra projects in Lubao, Pampanga
Lubao :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
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Proposed infrastructure projects for two barangays here were inspected today by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as part of the administration’s effort to modernize roads and the education system in every barangay nationwide. Upon her arrival at Sitio...
Tags: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, rising sea, sea level, Pampanga
Island Nation of Maldives Holds Cabinet Meeting Underwater to Highlight Danger of Global Warming
Malé :: Maldives | about 1 month ago
Credibility Maldives, the lowest lying nation on earth, could be submerged by rising sea levels due to global warming. We air excerpts of a recent discussion between President Nasheed Mohammad and Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland and former UN High...
Tags: meeting underwater, sea level, global warming, climate change, maldives government, rising sea, cabinet meeting
Maldives plans $3 a day green tax on tourists
Malé :: Maldives | 2 months ago
Credibility Since taking office last year, President Mohammed Nasheed has emerged as an important voice on the impact of climate change amid fears that, within a century, rising sea levels could swamp this Indian Ocean archipelago .
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, Mohamed Nasheed, sea levels, rising sea, president mohamed, Indian Ocean, Mr. Nasheed, Mohammed Nasheed, climate summit
Tuvulu vows to go carbon neutral
Bangkok :: Thailand | 4 months ago
Credibility Public Utilities Minister Kausea Natano said his nation of 12,000 people wanted to set an example to others. Tuvalu is made up of a string of atolls with the highest point only 4.5m (15 ft) above sea level, making it extremely vulnerable to flooding.
Tags: Tuvalu, rising sea, sea level, South Pacific
Researchers: La. coast will continue to erode
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Even under best-case outcomes for projects to restore Louisiana’s dying coastline, the Mississippi River can’t feed enough sediment into marshes to prevent catastrophic land loss, Louisiana State University geologists conclude in a scientific paper published...
Tags: Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana State University, rising sea, sea level
Joint NASA-French spacecraft successfully launched
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Jason-2 spacecraft into a low Earth orbit, where it will begin its three-year mission to map the surface of 95 percent of our planet's ice-free oceans. Jason 2 will enter orbit about 10 to 15 kilometers (six to nine miles) below the 1,336-kilometer-high...
Tags: California, sea level, Ocean Surface Topography Mission-Jason, Vandenberg Air Force Base, climate change, oceans surface, Earth, joint nasa, rising sea, NASA
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