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- Unusual Dutch bridge embraces flooding in a thought-provoking way Mon, 19 Feb 18, 8:30pmModern bridges are typically built at least a foot higher than the expected 50-year flood, but that’s not so for this unusual bridge built on the floodplains in the flood-prone Dutch city of Nijmegen...
- Kiribati Considered Moving Entire Population to a $2 Billion Man-Made Island Mon, 20 Oct 14, 2:06amThe small island nation of Kiribati's highest point is no more than two meters above sea level, which makes it one of the most vulnerable places on Earth to rising water levels...
- New NRDC Report Ranks States’ Preparedness for Water Challenges Linked to Climate Change Sat, 7 Apr 12, 6:39amRising water levels. Stronger storms. Water shortages. Climate change will affect the United States in a variety of ways, but water is the resource that it’s guaranteed to impact the most. In states across the country...
- Kiribati Considers Moving Entire Population to a $2 Billion Man-Made Island Wed, 14 Mar 12, 2:06amThe island nation of Kiribati’s highest point is no more than two meters above sea level, which makes it one of the most vulnerable places on Earth to rising water levels...
- Kiribati Island Nation Considers Moving Entire Population to Fiji to Escape Climate Change Sat, 10 Mar 12, 5:53amThe Pacific island nation Kiribati has found itself at the epicenter of the global climate change debate, as it is one of the first places that will be destroyed if sea levels rise as predicted through this century...
- European Scientists Finally Ready to Launch Ice Measuring Satellite Fri, 9 Apr 10, 12:00amA team of European scientists are finally ready to launch Cryosat-2, a satellite that once in orbit will measure the extent and thickness of the ice at the Earth’s poles in unprecedented detail...