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The science of saving Venice

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How will regions around the world adapt to an increase in sea levels? A project looking at how Venice can manage its rising waters is a remarkable ...

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Volunteers battle rising sea levels in Newport Landing
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NEWPORT LANDING — Volunteers are struggling to protect the waterfront in Newport Landing from rising sea levels that are threatening the ...

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Melt water reservoir lurks under ice

A new reservoir of melted water lurking below the Greenland ice sheet may have big implications for sea level rise.

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Coordinate on rising seas
The Virginian-PilotAnd yet, as USAToday reported in a year-long series on the effects of sea level rise, cities like Norfolk, New York and New Orleans that know the wave ...

Erosion takes toll on Dameron Marsh, other areas Houston Chronicle Erosion and rising sea levels, among other things, are taking Dameron's beaches and marshes. In places, 8 feet per year of shoreline is washing away ... See all stories on this topic »

1. With sea levels rising, the UK is starting to let go of some of its ... Public Radio International-13 hours ago With global sea levels rising, high storm surges are likely to become a lot more common, which has a lot of Britons questioning the strength of ...

2. Study finds sea levels rising fast; concerns grow about Shore Philly.com-Jan 7, 2014 As the planet warms, one of the biggest questions is how fast sea level will rise. A team of Rutgers University researchers has attempted to ...

3. RedOrbit

   LA storms to grow more destructive as sea level rises, study says Los Angeles Times-by Tony Barboza-Jan 7, 2014 Major storms will be more destructive to coastal areas of Los Angeles as sea level rise accelerates over the century, according to a new study ... + Show more

4. Just How Screwed Is LA's Coast When Sea Levels RiseTwo Feet? Curbed LA-Jan 8, 2014 Climate change and rising sea levels are probably never going to submerge LA under 80 feet of water (at least not in the next few hundred ...

5. What You Need To Know About Sea Level Rise in Florida Clean Energy News (blog)-12 hours ago We recently ran a blog series on sea level rise, which presented lots of helpful information, so I want to take the opportunity to distill some of the ...

6. Can we rise to the challenge of rising sea levels? The Almanac Online-Jan 7, 2014 The monster in the closet is rising sea level, an issue that humanity will be dealing with for at least the next 1,000 years, climate scientists say.

7. Street artists trace against time -- and sea-level rise Grist-by Greg Hanscom-Jan 7, 2014 This is a story about an all-American machine, and two women who are leading an unusual effort to prepare our cities for climate change.

8. News10.net

   Rising sea levels torment Norfolk, Va., and coastal US USA TODAY-Dec 17, 2013 NORFOLK, Va. — One block from the beach on the narrow Willoughby Spit, Bob Parsons was watching the weather news on TV in November ...

9. California 'King Tides' Hit; Are Rising Sea Levels A Sign Of Climate ... International Business Times-by Philip Ross-Dec 30, 2013 Research indicates that sea levels worldwide haverisen at a rate of .14 inches per year since the early 1990s. Over the past century, the global ... + Show more

10. Rising seas threaten Christchurch homes Sunday Star Times-Jan 7, 2014 The insurance industry is warning it could pull cover for parts of Christchurch if the findings of a sea level risereport are not seriously ... + Show more