Archive for 'Flooding'
Today’s News - August 15, 2007
Featuring the Four Horsemen of Global Warming
Drought, Flood, Heat, & Pestilence
Top Story - The Small Island Nations of the Pacific are at extreme risk due to sea level rise. Most of the time I concentrate on the most dramatic effects of sea level rise - the more powerful storms and storm surges - so it is […]
Posted: August 16th, 2007 under Extreme Weather, Disaster Planning, Saltwater Intrusion, Flooding, Permafrost, Greenland, Small Island Nations, Today's News, Sea Level Rise.
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Today’s News - August 13, 2007
Featuring the Four Horsemen of Global Warming
Drought, Flood, Heat, & Pestilence
Top Story - Time recently blasted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the problems in preparing New Orleans for Katrina and the repair effort afterwards, and now the Corps is firing back: Response to Aug. 13 Time Cover Story: “The Threatening Storm”.
TIME magazine’s […]
Posted: August 14th, 2007 under Flooding, Extreme Weather, Disaster Planning, Climate Change, Today's News, Sea Level Rise, Renewable Energy, Global Warming.
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Today’s News - August 10, 2007
Featuring the Four Horsemen of Global Warming
Drought, Flood, Heat, & Pestilence
Top Story - Now that the flood waters are starting to recede from India and Bangladesh, the world can more clearly assess their impact and the news is very bad. These two articles clearly illustrate the challenges that lie ahead of us: first in dealing […]
Posted: August 11th, 2007 under Global Warming Insurance, Flooding, Extreme Weather, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Tax, Sea Level Rise, Today's News, CO2 Emissions, Global Warming.
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Today’s News - August 8, 2007
Featuring the Four Horsemen of Global Warming
Drought, Flood, Heat, & Pestilence
Top Story - In a preview of what is going to become a more frequent problem thanks to global warming New York City’s subway was flooded by a storm: NY subway flooding causes chaos.
Flooding in New York’s subway lines ground the city’s transport system to […]
Posted: August 9th, 2007 under Beyond Kyoto, Flooding, CO2 Emissions, Today's News, China, Global Warming.
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