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Sea level fear overstated: meteorologist
Melbourne :: Australia | 24 days ago
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The NSW government this week said sea levels would rise by up to 40cm by 2050, while Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned that 700,000 homes and businesses valued at up to $150 billion were at risk. Historical analysis, however, shows that on average, global...
Tags: sea level
Sea-level building policy riles developers
Sydney :: Australia | 26 days ago
Credibility As the Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally, defended the draft policy to stop development in areas subject to sea-level rises, developers said it went too far and could unfairly restrict the right to build in many areas...It is a speculative approach...
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Florida still developing coasts as sea level rises, study says
Boston :: MA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility As early as the 1980s, scientists warned that rising seas could submerge vast portions of Florida 's coast...A new study of development trends along the Atlantic Coast shows Florida has opened more vulnerable areas to construction than any other state.
Tags: sea level, Florida, climate change
National approach needed to prevent coastal 'nightmare'
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Parliament's Lower House Environment Committee has spent 18 months examining the effect the changing climate will have on coastal Australia. The report has found planning laws and insurance rules covering buildings in affected areas will need to change...
Tags: Australia�Australia, sea level, climate change, rise sea, Copenhagen, Mr Rudd, parliamentary report, prime minister
Councils at risk over coastal projects
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 1 month ago
Credibility Australian coastal development in the climate change era has left councils legally exposed whether they approve or reject development applications, according to a House of Representatives climate change report. The report has backed a submission from...
Tags: rises sea, climate change, coastal development, sea level
PGMA inspects two barangay infra projects in Lubao, Pampanga
Lubao :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
Credibility 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
North India's groundwater use raising sea levels by 5%
New Delhi :: India | about 1 month ago
Credibility The amount of groundwater pumped out by Delhiites and others across northern India is highest in the world and is contributing as much as 5% to the total rise in sea levels. A new study using satellite data has found that the region — a swathe of over...
Tags: North India, sea level
Two meter sea level rise unstoppable-experts (Reuters)
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility A rise of at least two meters in the world's sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday. "The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically...
Tags: sea level, United Kingdom, Oxford
Wind, current combined to raise E Coast sea level
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Folks living along the East Coast were in higher water early this summer thanks to a change in the wind and current flow...Water levels ranged from six inches to two feet above normal in areas from Maine to Florida during June and July, the agency said.
Tags: East Coast, sea level, Florida
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