Rising sea levels
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- In the eye of the storm. DeMONT, JOHN // Canadian Geographic;Oct2010, Vol. 130 Issue 5, p58
The article reports on the effect of global warming and climate change on Halifax, Nova Scotia and the efforts of its scientists, townplanners and developers to protect the community from its impact. Some of the adverse effects include rise in the sea level threatening the Halifax Harbour and...
- Meltdown: the world's retreating glaciers. Fitzsimons, Sean // Geodate;May2005, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p5
Discusses the response of glaciers to climate change and the effect of global warming on sea levels. Information on glacier mass balance; Short-term responses of Antarctica and Greenland to climate change; Contributions of glaciers to sea level rise.
- A personal view. Havers, Mary // Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.);Nov2010, Vol. 82 Issue 11, p79
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "A Matter of One Metre," published in the September 2010 issue.
- Lessons of climate change, stories of solutions. Mynett, Arthur // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jan2011, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p51
While there is little dissent in the scientific community that climate change directly correlates to human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, action to reduce those emissions has not followed from the United States and many other governments around the world. Meanwhile, climate changes are already...
- E WORD. Moss, Doug // E: The Environmental Magazine;Jul/Aug2006, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p6
The article presents the author's views on global warming with reference to the articles published in the current issue of the "E Magazine: The Environmental Magazine." "The Global Warming Points of Light" featured in this current issue represent a start of the efforts made by the journal to...
- Using Sea Level Rise Projections for Urban Planning in Australia. Walsh, K. J. E.; Betts, H.; Church, J.; Pittock, A. b.; McInnes, K. L.; Jackett, D. R.; McDougall, T. J. // Journal of Coastal Research;Spring2004, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p586
This study deals with incorporating predictions of sea level rise into practical municipal planning. Predictions of global mean sea level rise can be made with more confidence than many other aspects of climate change science. The world has warmed in the past century, and as a result global mean...
- DISCUSSION. Rahmstorf, Stefan; Vermeer, Martin // Journal of Coastal Research;Jul2011, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p784
A recent article published in the Journal of Coastal Research analysed a number of different sea-level records and reported that they found no acceleration of sea-level rise. We show that this is due to their focusing on records that are either too short or only regional in character, and on...
- Rising Sea Levels That Could Wipe Whole Nations Off The Map. // AirGuide Online.com;5/18/2009, p1
The article reports that the risk of rising sea levels is overlooked in global climate change talks. It is stated that rising sea levels could wipe whole nations off the map and displace scores of millions of people. The World Ocean Conference in Indonesia's Manado city reflected on the...
- BY THE NUMBERS. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);4/30/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 18, p5
The article presents statistics related to gambling on the effects of global climate change including the odds that scientists will prove, beyond doubt, that global warming exists before 2008, the odds that polar bears will be extinct by 2010, and the odds that the world's oceans will rise by an...
