Rising seas 'to beat predictions'
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Global sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists had predicted, a study suggests.
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Â· Thames and Severn rivers set to rise further Â· Battle to protect power supplies
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By D'Alto, Nick In the hands of climatologists and historians, centuries-old ships' logs are revealing past-and maybe future-weather. &quot;...9 o'clock, gale still increasing...
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By D'Alto, Nick  In the hands of climatologists and historians, centuries-old ships' logs are revealing past-and maybe future-weather. "...9 o'clock, gale still increasing...  At 11, a perfect hurricane of wind and rain...1/2 past 11, main topmast blown over side...ship labouring...
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Building sea defences could increase the risk of flooding in coastal areas of England and Wales, a report claims.
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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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A leading Swiss wave specialist has warned that predicting the effects of giant waves, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami, will remain difficult.
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The frequency of major storms in the Northwest and New England is up, say experts.
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Hurricane Ivan spared the critical Gulf Coast refining belt, but oil prices rose anyway Thursday on fears a new storm brewing in the Caribbean will delay tankers carrying imported crude to US ports.
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After a fairly strong quarter, will the wind keep blowing forward?
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COUNTRIES around the Atlantic rim could be hit by killer tsunamis at any time between now and the next 10,000 years, the British government's chief scientific adviser said today.
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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.
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It is unlikely that global temperature rise can be kept below the EU's target of 2C, a leading climate scientist says.
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A faster-than-expected thaw of the Arctic is likely to open legendary short-cut routes between the Pacific and the Atlantic but experts say icebergs and high costs will prevent any trans-polar shipping boom.
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If the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is right, our planet is heading for some big upheavals. By 2100, they predict, global sea levels will have risen by 9cm to 88cm, and average temperatures will be about 1.5 to 5.5C higher than now.
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Rising sea temperatures will boost coral growth, according to Australian research that flies in the face of predictions that climate change could spell death for the world&#39;s coral reefs.
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A faster-than-expected thaw of the Arctic is likely to open legendary short-cut routes between the Pacific and the Atlantic, but experts say icebergs and high costs will prevent any transpolar shipping boom.