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10 Places Where Climate Change Is Being Felt the Fastest
Posted by Weather Channel: None Given on August 15th, 2014
Weather Channel: In the future, Miami-Dade County could be one of the nation's most susceptible places to rising water levels from global warming. Some cities in the South Florida area are starting to plan for potentially catastrophic flooding events.
Where are the effects of global warming already having a major impact? In places like South Florida and especially Miami, which faces major long-term threats from a slow but stealthy adversary: sea level rise.
In this region, sea levels already have risen by about...
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Comments Off on 10 Places Where Climate Change Is Being Felt the FastestReport: Oklahoma’s Most Powerful Earthquake Cause Determined
Posted by Weather Channel: None Given on March 9th, 2014
Weather Channel: One of Oklahoma's biggest man-made earthquakes, caused by fracking-linked wastewater injection, triggered an earthquake cascade that led to the damaging magnitude-5.7 Prague quake that struck on Nov. 6, 2011, a new study confirms.
The findings suggest that even small man-made earthquakes, such as those of just a magnitude 1 or magnitude 2, can trigger damaging quakes, said study co-author Elizabeth Cochran, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
"Even if wastewater injection only directly...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Report: Oklahoma’s Most Powerful Earthquake Cause DeterminedObama To Propose Changes to Wildfire Funding in Budget
Posted by Weather Channel: None Given on February 22nd, 2014
Weather Channel: Obama wants the Interior and Agriculture Departments, the two agencies tasked with fighting wildfires, to be able to draw funds from a special disaster account when the cost of tackling fires exceeds their annual budget. That's the same approach the federal government currently takes when responding to hurricanes and tornadoes.
The official said the new approach was aimed at providing more certainty for agencies fighting fires.
The proposal will be included in the annual budget Obama will send...
5 cities doing big things to reduce their risks from extreme weather: Report
Posted by Weather Channel: None Given on October 26th, 2013
Weather Channel: From this September's historic Colorado floods to the upcoming anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, there's been no shortage of extreme weather events over the past year that show why the world's major cities need to become more resilient in the face of climate change.
The Center for American Progress released a report this week on the cities across America that are doing just that, highlighting the steps five major cities are taking after experiencing major natural disasters in the recent past, and...
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