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Arctic Ice Cap Will disappear

By | Published: October 15, 2009
Professor Peter Wadhams, head of the polar ocean physics group at Britain’s Cambridge University said, “The summer ice cover will completely vanish in 20 to 30 years but in less than that it will have considerably retreated.” “In about 10 years, the Arctic ice will be considered as open sea.” “An average thickness of 1.8 [...]
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Netherlands And Thailand Under Water?

By | Published: February 27, 2009
In 2008, the World Bank suggested that the Netherlands could soon be under the sea. The government and people of the Netherlands took the advice to heart and are taking serious actions. Cor Dijkgraaf, a Dutch city planner, has taken the same advice to Thailand. In a recent seminar, Cor compared the two countries. “[Global [...]
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EPA Releases Report on Sea Level Rise

By | Published: February 1, 2009
(Washington, D.C. – Jan. 16, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with other agencies, has released a report that discusses the impacts of sea level rise on the coast, coastal communities, and the habitats and species that depend on them. The report, Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region, [...]
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