Rising Seas Threaten Islands, Cities, Coasts
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It sounds insignificant alongside the Indian Ocean tsunami, yet an almost imperceptible annual rise in the world's oceans may pose a huge threat to ports, coasts and islands by 2100.
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Tropical Storm Jeanne has become a hurricane, raising the threat to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and hundreds of islands in the northern Caribbean.
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The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain's chief scientist said on Tuesday.
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By Anonymous  A rising tide of sewage is threatening the health and wealth of far too many of the world's seas and oceans, says a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Rising seas, an inevitable result of global warming, will almost certainly inundate those important historical sites located along coastlines. And at this point, there's very little to be done about it.
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Dozens of casualties are reported from tidal waves and earth tremors in southern and eastern Asia.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--Mother Nature is a relentless force, and nowhere is that better displayed than along North Carolina's coast. Wind and surf tirelessly reshape the islands, or try to, with little mere mortals can do to stop them.
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Latin America and the Caribbean face the risk of more climate-related disasters, a report warns.
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Tens of thousands of residents fled tsunami-battered coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand after warnings of possible new killer waves yesterday.
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Few consequences of global warming pose as severe a threat to human society as sea-level rise. But scientists have yet to figure out how to predict it.
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Barriers such as coastal mangrove forests and coral reefs saved lives by deflecting Asia's tsunami and governments should protect such natural bulwarks against the wrath of the sea, a leading environmental group said on Tuesday.
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In seven hours last week, great ocean waves exacted a terrible price in wealth and human lives. Future catastrophes may be far grimmer.
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Since ancient times poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are aiming to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant sources of electricity.
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World leaders warn that rapid urbanisation will become one of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century.
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The deadly hurricanes that have battered the Southeast and the Caribbean this year may be a sign of things to come as climate change heats up the tropical oceans where such storms are born, scientists warned Thursday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CBS) Thousands fled their homes Thursday as authorities in southern India warned new tidal waves could be brewing, possibly within a matter of hours, as a result of undersea quake aftershocks that are pushing up the water level in
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Caribbean and Atlantic coastlines &#151; not just the Indian Ocean's tsunami-ravaged shores &#151; would benefit from a tsunami warning system like the one in the Pacific, says the chief of the U.S. weather research agency.