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Report: Virginia needs someone to lead efforts to deal with rising seas and flooding
Posted by Richmond Times-Dispatch: Rex Springston on September 3rd, 2014
Richmond Times-Dispatch: The state should name a leader in preparing coastal Virginia for flooding linked to rising sea levels, a new report says. The recommendation is one of about two dozen in the draft report of a subpanel of the Secure Commonwealth Panel, which is advising Gov. Terry McAuliffe on emergency management issues. Rising seas and coastal flooding in Virginia pose threats to waterfront developments; historic areas like Jamestown; low-lying communities; and military bases like Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s...
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Posted by Richmond Times-Dispatch: Rex Springston on August 31st, 2014
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Does a rough life as a youngster foretell hard times as an adult? A Virginia Commonwealth University researcher wants to know if that’s true -- for salamanders.
Doctoral student Julie Charbonnier is studying whether deprivation in early life affects how the little amphibians might fare in a world changed by global warming.
“How does your childhood impact you later in life?” asked Charbonnier, summarizing the work.
The object of her attention is the spotted salamander, a dark little cigar...
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