Nowadays, modern architecture has to respond to several challenges. Apart from building structures that look amazing, experts must take into consideration extra measures of precaution to safeguard their masterpieces from climate change effects, like floods generated by raising sea levels. A team of Russian architec... |
16 January 2012
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Mapping firm Maplecroft published the Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), a list of the cities which would suffer the most after natural calamities generated by climate change and rising sea levels. The rank revealed that Calcutta is the city considered to be most threatened by an emerging potential disaster. ... |
26 October 2011
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In 2009, CIA started taking care of the environment. Or at least, this seems to be the idea they wanted to feed the public opinion with, after they showcased The Center on Climate Change and National Security. The newly-born project had the specific goal of handling environmental key-issues such as climate change eff... |
24 October 2011
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In an unprecedented move, California's Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, urged state agencies to compile a thorough report by the end of 2010, detailing the possible effects of sea level rise on habitats across the large border that the state has with the Pacific Ocean. The coast line stretches uninter... |
17 November 2008
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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
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