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The Italian city of Venice is one of the most beautiful, culturally rich and endangered places in the world. With its homes built atop petrified trees, and directly on water, it stands to reason that any change in water levels has the power to significantly damage the 1,300-year-old town. It is located in the largest... |
21 September 2009
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According to the latest numbers released by the UK Environment Agency, more than one sixth of British homes are at risk of floods, and existing measures to stop that may not do too great of a job in stopping it from happening. Additionally, the report says, global warming and climate change may significantly raise th... |
19 June 2009
16:01 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, conducted by experts at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the coasts of the United States and Canada may actually be more in danger than previous models have predicted. The largest threat comes from the melting ice sheet of Greenland, which, if separated from... |
28 May 2009
10:43 GMT |
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One of the most severe byproducts of global warming and climate change is increasing and widespread drought, which will affect a large number of nations in the future, especially those in regions already prone to experiencing such phenomena. Paradoxically, increased droughts will be joined by massive flooding, but ba... |
13 May 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Following a new scientific study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), researchers have learned that Asia, in general, and especially its southeastern parts will be most severely affected by global warming and climate change until the end of the century. The shifts in weather patterns, sea levels and prec... |
27 April 2009
08:58 GMT |
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According to scientific predictions, the rising incidence of global warming-related phenomena, such as intense and powerful storms, floods and droughts, will force millions of people out of their homes, located in areas more prone to feeling these effects of climate change. As the atmosphere becomes clogged with carb... |
2 April 2009
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Newcastle University experts have only recently devised a groundbreaking mathematical model that could potentially be used to assess the risk of a tsunami occurring, to determine which area is most likely to get hit and in what time frame the destructive wave will reach the coast. It goes without saying that such a m... |
1 April 2009
08:50 GMT |
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According to researchers at the Florida State University (FSU), sea levels in the New York area, as well as in adjacent regions, could rise twice as fast by 2100 than the global means. In other words, while ocean levels in India, Europe and Japan will also increase, they will do so constantly, while on the Eastern co... |
16 March 2009
07:59 GMT |
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The Black Sea, located in Eastern Europe, south of Russia and north of Turkey, was thought to hold some of the answers researchers studying the flood myths that occured in most civilizations were looking for. Now, new data gathered from the delta of the Danube River, which pours itself into the Black Sea, shows that ... |
23 January 2009
10:19 GMT |
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The major coal ash spill that occurred in eastern Tennessee on Monday covered an area of approximately 400 acres in debris from a retention lake near the Kingston Fossil Plant. The Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest utility company in the United States, assured the locals that the water was safe to drink, despit... |
29 December 2008
06:47 GMT |
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Days of torrential rain have turned a significant part of Brazilian soil into a swamp and prompted massive floods and landslides in several areas of the country. From preliminary estimates, authorities reported 59 dead and nearly 44,000 uprooted by the massive weather anomaly, which struck the state of Santa Caterina... |
25 November 2008
09:06 GMT |
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The small oceanic nation, composed of some 1,200 islands, is located south of India, and it is mainly known as a touristic attraction. But, over the past few years, it has received extensive media coverage, as one of the nations to be severely affected by global warming and climate change. Most of its territory is lo... |
11 November 2008
02:19 GMT |
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While for some countries global warming is only a distant concept, for others it's a harsh reality and a major threat, as demonstrated by the fact that several Indonesian islands have already sunk, while many more are in danger of disappearing in 20 to 40 years, due to sea level rises, caused by global warming. ... |
3 November 2008
04:27 GMT |
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