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Panel urges artificial structures for St. Clair River to raise water levels
Posted by Detroit News: None Given on April 28th, 2013
Detroit News: An advisory panel is urging the United States and Canada to consider creating artificial structures in the St. Clair River to raise historically low water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
The International Joint Commission, which advises both countries on issues involving the Great Lakes and other shared waterways, unveiled its plan Friday after a five-year study by scientists and engineers. Two U.S. and two Canadian commissioners approved all of the report's recommendations, while the...
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Record-breaking storms add two inches to Lakes Michigan and Huron
Posted by Michigan Radio: None Given on April 28th, 2013
Michigan Radio: Recent storms are improving the low water levels in the Great Lakes, at least a little.
Lakes Michigan and Huron hit record low levels this winter.
Ships are carrying less cargo, and boaters have had trouble getting in and out of harbors. To help with the low lake levels, the state started emergency dredging projects for some harbors. And experts say the recent storms are also helping a little.
Keith Kompoltowicz is the Chief of Watershed Hydrology for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in...
How much is Delaware Bay’s sea level rising?
Posted by Philadelphia Inquirer: Sandy Bauers on April 28th, 2013
Philadelphia Inquirer: A foot.
That's how much sea level has risen in the Delaware Bay in the last century, measurements show.
Two factors are driving the rise: The biggest reason is that the volume of the ocean is increasing - an event scientists say is related to warming water, caused by a warming planet, brought on in turn by higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The other factor is that the land is sinking. About 20,000 years ago, when glaciers extended roughly to the top of New Jersey, the land...
6 months after Sandy, thousands homeless in NY, NJ
Posted by Associated Press: Wayne Parry on April 28th, 2013
Associated Press: The 9-year-old girl who got New Jersey's tough-guy governor to shed a tear as he comforted her after her home was destroyed is bummed because she now lives far from her best friend and has nowhere to hang her One Direction posters.
A New Jersey woman whose home was overtaken by mold still cries when she drives through the area. A New York City man whose home burned can't wait to build a new one.
Six months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal...
India: Software model to assess climate change in Kerala
Posted by The Hindu: None Given on April 28th, 2013
The Hindu: Development of a large-scale software model to examine the impact of climate change in Kerala is part of a forthcoming scientific study that will formulate an integrated climate change database and information system for the State.
The proposal, estimated at Rs.80 crore, will map the impact of climate change on agriculture, fisheries, industries, transport, tourism, bio-diversity and forestry sectors in Kerala.
CSIR`s (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) National Institute of Science...
TransCanada Delays Keystone XL’s Operating Date if Approved
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 28th, 2013
Associated Press: The chief executive of TransCanada Corp. said Friday the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline will be in service months later than expected and cost more as it continues to await U.S. government approval.
TransCanada had been sticking to its late 2014 or early 2015 start-up target, but the regulatory process has dragged on. It is now looking at a mid to late-2015 start-up.
CEO Russ Girling noted on a conference call with analysts detailing first quarter results that the controversial pipeline...
Climate change and dead fish: Think global, act local
Posted by on April 28th, 2013
Lewiston Sun Journal: Many of us eagerly anticipate summer, when fishing, boating and swimming can happen at a favorite lake. This year, though, there may also be a bit of trepidation -- what lies ahead for Lake Auburn? Will we see another fish kill? Last summer, hundreds of economically valuable, fun-to-catch trout died at Lake Auburn. Some people blamed this event on "global warming,' but were they right to do so? It's hard to say for sure, but the early ice-out and warm summer temperatures in 2012 did probably play...