rising sea levels
October 28th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
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London, October 28 (ANI): A new report has said that Australians may have to leave coastal areas as rising sea levels threaten homes, with the situation seeming more worrisome as 80 percent ...
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October 20th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 20 (ANI): New ground measurements made by the West Antarctic GPS Network (WAGN) project has suggested that the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet has been ...
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October 17th, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 17 (IANS) In a bid to draw attention to the threat of global warming, the Maldivian government Saturday became the first in the world to hold a cabinet meeting under ...
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October 17th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
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Male (Maldives), Oct 17 (ANI): Maldives held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Friday to raise awareness about the threat to the archipelago on account of global warming.
The cabinet chaired by ...
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October 15th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Oct 15 (IANS) International laws are inadequate to deal with the millions of people forecast to become exiles due to escalating climate change, the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development ...
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October 14th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
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London, October 14 (ANI): A three-year project led by Newcastle University has outlined how major cities must respond if they are to continue to grow in the face of climate change.
Using the ...
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October 10th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 10 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past ...
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September 28th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 28 (ANI): A new video of time-lapse photographs has shown that the sea is eating away at Alaska's northern coast with alarming speed.
According to a report in National Geographic ...
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September 22nd, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by BNO News
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NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – The following are President Obama's prepared remarks for his address at the U.N. Climate Change Summit in New York City on Tuesday.
"Good morning. I want ...
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September 18th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by ANI
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Dhaka, Sep 18(ANI): Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has expressed concern over the rising oceans due to climate change, and warned that it could swallow one-third of the low-lying country.
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September 15th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 15 (ANI): Some of the world's top geologists have warned that if global temperatures continue to rise, Britain might see deadly tsunamis like those that have hit Asia, head towards ...
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September 15th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 15 (ANI): The first complete map of the lakes beneath Antarctica's ice sheets reveals the continent's secret water network is far more dynamic than we thought, and could be acting ...
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September 8th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 8 (ANI): A new research has determined that up to 20 million people in low-lying Bangladesh are at risk from rising sea levels in the coming decades.
According to a report ...
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August 31st, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Health ministers from 11 Asian countries, including India, and World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are set to meet in Nepal in September to discuss swine flu preparedness ...
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August 29th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Twenty five percent of Africa experiences shortage of drinking water due to global warming, which is increasing at a higher rate now than in earlier decades, says noted ...
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July 10th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
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By Naveen Kapoor
L'aquila, July 10 (ANI): The developing countries criticised the G-8 nations for not taking enough steps to curb global warming, dubbing the proposed long-term targets as meaningless.
The larger developing ...
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July 10th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
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By Naveen Kapoor
L'aquila, July 10 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit here on Thursday.
They reportedly discussed ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 10:55 pm ICT by ANI
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L'aquila, July 9 (ANI): US president Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L'Aquila in Italy on ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by ANI
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L'AQUILA, July 9 (ANI): Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers met on Thursday (July 9) to discuss global issues on the second day of a G8 summit ...
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June 28th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, June 28 (ANI/ Business Wire India): Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has warned ...
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June 27th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh), June 27 (IANS) Climate change poses threats to India beyond the sphere of environment as passages opened up by the melting snows in the northern Himalayas could be used ...
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June 17th, 2009 - 2:54 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 17 (DPA) The US is already being struck by the effects of climate change and the threats will only grow if the world does not speed up its efforts to ...
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May 5th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, May 5 (ANI): Reports indicate that constant face-offs between humans and tigers in India's Sundarbans region are on the rise, with tiger populations dwindling and rising seas pushing humans into ...
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March 16th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
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New York, March 16 (IANS) Global warming is expected to raise sea level along the northeastern US almost twice as fast as that elsewhere during this century, exposing New York City to ...
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March 13th, 2009 - 6:07 am ICT by IANS
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Copenhagen, March 13 (DPA) Researchers from over 70 countries ended a three-day meeting Thursday on future threats of global warming including rising sea levels.
Potential threats discussed included acidification of oceans and reductions ...
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March 12th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, March 12 (ANI): New research has indicated that rising sea levels due to global warming would have major impacts around the world, with a maximum rise of one meter by ...
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March 11th, 2009 - 12:14 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, March 11 (ANI): New research has indicated that rising sea levels due to global warming would have major impacts around the world, with a maximum rise of one meter by ...
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March 9th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
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London, March 9 (ANI): Climatologists have warned that rising sea levels caused by global warming could destroy the Norfolk Broads and Thames Estuary in the UK within a hundred years.
According to ...
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March 7th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, March 7 (ANI): Ecologists have attributed an apparently abrupt switch in the kinds of mammals found along the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, to the absence of any geographical barrier ...
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February 25th, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Sunderbans (West Bengal), Feb 25 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi Wednesday said the shrinking of the Ghoramara Island due to rising sea levels posed a threat not just to India, ...
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