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Asia’s coastal cities face challenge of rising seas
Posted by Associated Press: Katy Daigle on December 10th, 2015
Associated Press: The future will be a watery one for some of the world's biggest cities.
Predicted sea level increases this century mean many face increased flooding, stronger storm surges and unpredictable weather. How well coastal cities can cope will dramatically affect quality of life and their economic destiny. Many of the biggest are in Asia, powering economies while housing hundreds of millions of poor in sprawling slums.
Scientists generally agree seas will rise an average of 1 meter (3 feet) this century,...
Millions at risk from rapid sea rise in swampy Sundarbans
Posted by Associated Press: Katy Daigle on February 19th, 2015
Associated Press: The tiny hut sculpted out of mud at the edge of the sea is barely large enough for Bokul Mondol and his family to lie down. The water has taken everything else from them, and one day it almost certainly will take this, too.
Saltwater long ago engulfed the 5 acres where Mondol once grew rice and tended fish ponds, as his ancestors had on Bali Island for some 200 years. His thatch-covered hut, built on public land, is the fifth he has had to build in the last five years as the sea creeps in.
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Comments Off on Millions at risk from rapid sea rise in swampy SundarbansReport: India faces major climate changes by 2030
Posted by Associated Press: Katy Daigle on November 17th, 2010
Associated Press: A new report says India could be 2 degrees Celsius (3.8 F) warmer than 1970s levels within 20 years - a change that would disrupt rain cycles and wreak havoc on the country's agriculture and freshwater supplies, experts said Wednesday.
More flooding, more drought and a spreading of malaria would occur, as the disease migrates northward into Kashmir and the Himalayas, according to the report by 220 Indian scientists and 120 research institutions.
The temperature rise, which could be even more...