Warning on rising Med Sea levels
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Levels in the Mediterranean Sea are rising rapidly, with potentially serious effects in coastal areas, a study finds.
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Damage done by Asia's tsunami gives a clearer idea of the danger climate change poses to small islands, which fear rising seas will submerge them as the world warms, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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The damage caused by the waves which swept coastlines in South Asia following a seabed earthquake is likely to exceed 10 billion euros(13 billion USD), an insurance expert said.
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Rising sea levels are threatening parts of the Giant's Causeway and other coastal areas of Northern Ireland.
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THE worldâs highest peak should be put on a danger list because of the threat posed to it by climate change, campaigners urged today.
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The risk of wars being fought over water is rising because of explosive global population growth and widespread complacency, scientists said on Friday.
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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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A creeping rise in sea levels tied to global warming, pollution and damage to coral reefs may make coastlines even more vulnerable to disasters like tsunamis or storms in future, experts said Monday.
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There are warnings of a serious outbreak of disease in Haiti following the recent devastating floods.
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The northern tip of the Bay of Bengal, home to tens of millions of people, faces a potential double whammy from an earthquake and tsunami, a scientist warned on Wednesday.
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Met ireann has issued a severe weather warning and forecasts gusts of up to 100 m.p.h. in exposed parts of the west and south this evening.
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The confirmed death toll in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that slammed Indian Ocean shorelines last weekend passed 125,000, amid warnings that it could jump much higher.
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The hurricane appeared to be strengthening and forecasters warned of an increased threat of serious flooding and wind damage.
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The rise in new homes built in gardens is increasing the risk of further flooding, an independent reviewer warns.
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Swimmers are being warned this summer's storms could lead to health risks in seas from untreated sewage.
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A Fiji islander frets about rising sea levels, while villagers cope with the destruction of mangrove swamps in India, and a Nepalese Sherpa fears his mountain valley will be flooded by melting glacier runoff high in the
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South West coastal towns and villages wake up to more destruction caused by 75mph winds and high tides.